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. 2019 Jun 1;11(6):954. doi: 10.3390/polym11060954

Table 3.

General tensile properties of electrospun fiber mats of pure PEO, blend PEO/PANI, and side-by-side (SBS) PEO/PANI.

Code Tensile modulus (MPa) Stress at 10% strain (MPa) Stress at 20% strain (MPa) Elongation at break (%) Maximum strength (MPa)
PEO 3% Pure 63.8 ± 8.5 4.9 ± 1.0 7.0 ± 0.6 618 ± 149 14.4 ± 1.5
3%–1.5% SBS 49.2 ± 3.0 3.7 ± 0.3 5.0 ± 0.3 202 ± 45 5.8 ± 0.3
3%–2.5% SBS 38.6 ± 2.8 2.7 ± 0.2 3.3 ± 0.5 245 ± 79 4.9 ± 0.8
3%–3.5% SBS 27.6 ± 6.5 2.2 ± 0.4 3.2 ± 0.6 292 ± 51 4.3 ± 0.6
3%–2.5% blend 39.8 ± 6.2 2.9 ± 0.2 3.7 ± 0.2 88 ± 14 3.8 ± 0.2
PEO 4% Pure 113.3 ± 13.2 6.3 ± 0.4 8.0 ± 0.3 490 ± 96 15.4 ± 1.2
4%–1.5% SBS 91.3 ± 6.6 4.6 ± 0.2 6.5 ± 0.6 364 ± 75 8.3 ± 0.3
4%–2.5% SBS 71.4 ±4.1 3.3 ± 0.3 4.2 ± 0.3 385 ± 78 6.7 ± 0.5
4%–3.5% SBS 51.9 ± 6.9 2.7 ± 0.3 3.8 ± 0.3 305 ± 47 5.4 ± 0.4
4%–2.5% blend 58.7 ± 6.2 4.2 ± 0.4 5.6 ± 0.5 201 ± 19 6.8 ± 0.3
PEO 5% Pure 121.7 ± 20.8 6.7 ± 0.9 9.6 ± 0.6 604 ± 60 17.8 ± 2.5
5%–1.5% SBS 86.3 ± 9.2 5.3 ± 0.3 6.1 ± 0.3 751 ± 62 8.2 ± 0.4
5%12.5% SBS 78.7 ± 6.8 4.2 ± 0.2 5.5 ± 0.3 692 ± 53 7.8 ± 0.2
5%–3.5% SBS 57.2 ± 7.6 3.8 ± 0.3 4.6 ± 0.4 721 ± 117 7.9 ± 0.6
5%–2.5% blend Not Spinnable