Table 1.

Mechanical and physical properties of the SA/KC films.

Variable	Conc.	Thickness (mm)	Tensile Strength (MPa)	Water Solubility (%)	Elongation at Break (%)
SA/KC	10/0	0.37 ± 0.018 b	23.02 ± 1.15 c	47.94 ± 3.43 d	8 ± 0.39 j
	9/1	0.15 ± 0.012 c	20.96 ± 1.09 d	52.90 ± 1.47 c	26 ± 0.21 g
	8/2	0.11 ± 0.052 d	20.65 ± 0.78 d	54.98 ± 0.61 b	46 ± 0.10 f
	7/3	0.10 ± 0.062 d	17.93 ± 1.93 e	57.00 ± 2.62 a	70 ± 0.23 b
	6/4	0.08 ± 0.008 e	16.77 ± 1.09 e	59.04 ± 4.67 a	86 ± 0.39 a
CEO (v/v)	1.5%	0.09 ± 0.017 d	28.46 ± 1.29 a	59.04 ± 3.06 a	58 ± 0.60 e
	2.0%	0.11 ± 0.002 d	25.97 ± 1.80 b	57.00 ± 1.02 a	60 ± 0.40 d
	2.5%	0.13 ± 0.022 c	24.32 ± 0.15 c	54.98 ± 0.99 b	68 ± 0.40 c
	3.0%	0.15 ± 0.012 c	20.96 ± 1.09 d	52.90 ± 1.47 c	70 ± 0.60 b
CaCl2 (b/v)	0%	0.15 ± 0.017 c	16.77 ± 1.69 e	51.49 ± 1.80 c	86 ± 0.44 a
	1%	1.00 ± 0.030 a	24.41 ± 0.94 c	39.11 ± 0.57 e	20 ± 0.22 i
	2%	1.10 ± 0.013 a	26.21 ± 0.74 b	28.45 ± 1.23 f	22 ± 0.20 h

The reported data are the average and standard deviations where values in each column with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).