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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Mechanical properties of all-cellulose composite films: (a) Young’s modulus, (b) tensile strength, and (c) elongation at break with standard deviation

From: Orientation control of cellulose nanofibrils in all-cellulose composites and mechanical properties of the films

TOCN content (%)

Draw ratio

Undrawn

×1.5

×2.0

(a) Young’s modulus (GPa)

 0

6.0 ± 0.3

11.5 ± 1.2

13.2 ± 1.3

 10

6.6 ± 0.6

11.4 ± 0.7

12.7 ± 1.3

 20

6.7 ± 0.5

11.3 ± 0.9

13.2 ± 0.8

 30

6.8 ± 0.5

11.6 ± 1.1

13.9 ± 1.4

 40

6.7 ± 0.3

10.1 ± 0.8

12.3 ± 0.2

 50

6.5 ± 0.6

9.7 ± 0.5

12.1 ± 1.3

(b) Tensile strength (MPa)

 0

155.0 ± 4.2

294.7 ± 15.9

307.0 ± 18.9

 10

153.7 ± 3.1

265.1 ± 16.1

290.0 ± 5.5

 20

160.5 ± 4.4

269.8 ± 19.7

299.7 ± 7.7

 30

160.1 ± 10.1

238.4 ± 21.8

317.3 ± 11.9

 40

129.1 ± 4.2

239.6 ± 8.8

257.6 ± 10.6

 50

114.8 ± 2.5

235.7 ± 7.9

207.6 ± 19.1

(c) Elongation at break (%)

 0

27.1 ± 2.5

11.1 ± 0.3

5.0 ± 0.5

 10

26.3 ± 0.3

11.4 ± 1.5

5.0 ± 0.5

 20

26.9 ± 3.1

10.8 ± 0.5

5.1 ± 0.5

 30

20.5 ± 1.7

8.0 ± 1.0

4.4 ± 0.8

 40

11.2 ± 0.8

7.4 ± 2.4

4.5 ± 0.4

 50

8.7 ± 0.8

7.7 ± 0.7

3.5 ± 0.2