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. 2020 Dec 24;11(2):637–656. doi: 10.1039/d0ra07141b

Properties of wood-based materials: PULP,29,33 MFC,34–36 CNFs and CNCs37,38.

Property PULP MFC CNFs CNCs
Diameter 15–50 μm 2.5 nm to 25 μm 3–60 nm 2–5 nm
Length >2000 μm 0.1–30 μm 1–15 μm 10–250 nm in plant 100–10 000 nm (tunicate-algae-bacteria)
Crystallinity [%] 45–70 35–55 <50 60–90
Thermal stability [°C] 200–270 200–250 Up to 260 Up to 230
Tensile modulus [GPa] 32–40 8–14 23 ∼150
Tensile strength [GPa] 0.08–0.13 0.12–0.24 0.3–0.4 7.5–7.7
Density [g cm−3] 1.2 1.2–1.4 1.4–1.5 1.5–1.6