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. 2020 Nov 7;13(21):5026. doi: 10.3390/ma13215026

Table 3.

Mean values of the measured storage modulus and specific storage modulus calculated as proposed by Pizzo et al. [44]. The holocellulose content and basic density for undegraded contemporary and degraded archaeological elm are also shown.

Sample Basic Density
(g cm−3)		 Storage Modulus at 25 °C
(MPa)		 Specific Storage Modulus
(MPa cm3 g−1)		 Holocellulose Content
(%)		 Effective Holocellulose
Heff (%)		 MC When Tested
(%)
CE 0.53 ** 417.7 ± 93.1 788.11 73 - 8.3
AE 0.16 * 86.9 ± 31.4 543.13 9 2.7 8.0
CE ** 0.53 4558 ± 414 8600.00 62.6 - Wet
AE ** 0.09 29.6 ± 4.8 328.88 29.8 4.6 Wet

* [59]; ** data from Pizzo et al. [44], note that DMA in that study was undertaken in longitudinally aligned samples for 3-point bend, under water immersion.