Table 1.

Summary of Tensile Properties (Tensile Strength, Tensile Modulus, and Strain at Break) and oxygen permeability of some Biodegradable Polymer Matrices [adapted from (21)].

Polymer	Tensile strength (MPa)	Young's modulus (GPa)	Strain at break (%)	PO2 x 1017 (mol m−1 s−1 Pa−1)a
PCL	19 à 21	0.21 à 0.33	300 à 897	26
PBAT	>84	0.04	>200	–
PBSA (Bionolle)	20	0.44	20	–
PLA	21	0.35	3	41
P(HB-co-HV) with 3% HV	40	3.5	5	1–7
P(HB-co-HV) with 3% HV and 20% of milled wheat strawb	19.6	3.03	1.03	–
Polypropylene	34.5c	1.7c	400c
Polyethylene -terephtalate	56c	2.2c	–	0.72d
LDPE	10c	0.2c	620c	95.7e

^aMeasured at ambient temperature and 0% RH.

^bFrom Berthet et al. (22).

^cFrom Khanna and Srivastava (23).

^dFrom Auras et al. (24).

^eFrom (10).