Table 2.

Mechanical properties of wet (fresh and rehydrated) BC samples.

Material	h, mm	Young’s Modulus (MPa)	Tensile Strength σmax, (MPa)	Elongation at Break (εmax) (%)
Crude fresh BC	0.90 ± 0.05	3.1 ± 0.5	1.2 ± 0.2	46.2 ± 3.5
Decellularized wet BC	0.90 ± 0.05	1.5 ± 0.3	0.28 ± 0.02	49.0 ± 3.6
Crude rehydrated BC	0.13 ± 0.01	127.2 ± 13.9	25.1 ± 1.8	21.1 ± 0.9
Decellularized rehydrated BC	0.08 ± 0.01	250.4 ± 20.1	31.4 ± 2.3	18.5 ± 0.8