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. 2013 Mar 8;18(3):3118–3136. doi: 10.3390/molecules18033118

Table 1.

Properties of the alginate fibres used to produce composites [19,20,21,22].

Type of fibres As-spun draw ratio
[%]
Total draw ratio
[%]
Total pores volume,
[cm3/g]
Tenacity [cN/tex] Elongation at break
[%]
Zinc alginate with TCP +70 224.20 0.31 23.99 ± 0.80 5.57 ± 0.48
Calcium alginate with TCP +70 89.27 0.38 24.39 ± 0.71 10.39 ± 0.41