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. 2018 May 7;10(5):509. doi: 10.3390/polym10050509

Table 4.

Tensile properties of biocomposites determined by tensile tests.

Sample PHBHVxMIS1−x MIS Length DCP (wt %) E (MPa) σmax (MPa) εr (%)
PHBHV100 - - 889 ± 41 23.0 ± 0.5 11 ± 1.60
1 PHBHV95MIS5 1 mm - 1074 ± 44 17.0 ± 1.7 4.5 ± 0.89
2 PHBHV95MIS5 1 mm 0.25 1126 ± 37 18.0 ± 0.7 4.1 ± 0.43
3 PHBHV95MIS5 1 mm 2.2 962 ± 19 20.0 ± 0.9 5.9 ± 0.74
4 PHBHV95MIS5 45 μm - 1021 ± 20 18.0 ± 0.1 6.3 ± 0.27
5 PHBHV95MIS5 45 μm 0.25 1045 ± 62 20.0 ± 1.0 5.3 ± 0.60
6 PHBHV95MIS5 45 μm 2.2 938 ± 55 22.1 ± 0.4 8.3 ± 1.09
7 PHBHV80MIS20 1 mm - 1267 ± 90 15.8 ± 0.7 3.9 ± 0.22
8 PHBHV80MIS20 1 mm 2.2 1358 ± 52 22.0 ± 1.0 4.8 ± 0.46
9 PHBHV80MIS20 45 μm - 1525 ± 84 17.0 ± 0.7 3.1 ± 0.30
10 PHBHV80MIS20 45 μm 2.2 - - -