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. 2020 Mar 14;13(6):1327. doi: 10.3390/ma13061327

Table 3.

Results of the analysis of variance (F-value) for mechanical and physical properties of biochar biocomposites.

Tensile Impact Three-Point Bending Contact Angle Water Uptake
MOE MOR MOE MOR Volume Changes Absorp-tion
Biochar content (A) 1985 ** 4447 ** 596 ** 1422 ** 1009 ** 1833 ** 120 ** 6.9 ** 91 ** 354 **
Polymer type (B) 2396 ** 11759 ** 35 ** 93 ** 1802 ** 6042 ** 203 * 13 ** 0.3 ns 0.2 ns
Temperature (C) 1358 ** 90 ** 4 * 16 ** 688 ** 813 ** 18 ** 20 ** 179 ** 155 **
A x B 97 ** 434 ** 1.5 ns 6 ** 76 ** 215 ** 16 ** 4 * 1.7 ns 4 **
A x C 104 ** 102 ** 0.9 ns 1 ns 62 ** 33 ** 10 ** 3 * 9 ** 27 **
B x C 13 ** 120 ** 18 ** 32 ** 14 ** 10 ** 14 ** 0.9 ns 1.9ns 21 **

*: significant at 0.05; **: significant at 0.01; ns: non-significant.