Vegetable Oil Derived Solvent, and Catalyst Free “Click Chemistry” Thermoplastic Polytriazoles

Table 4

Mechanical properties of the polymers in this study compared to three common commercial polymers.

	Young’s modulus; (MPa)	Elongation at break; (%)	Ultimate tensile strength; (MPa)
Polymers in this study
C18C4	182.2 ± 5.0	39.6 ± 3.8	11.1 ± 0.4
C18C9	118.5 ± 6.3	196.6 ± 16.5	14.8 ± 1.5
C18C18	196.0 ± 4.1	10.7 ± 3.8	10.3 ± 0.5
Polymers for comparison
Commercial LDPE [25]	140–300	200–900	7–17
Vegetable Oil derived Cross-linked polytriazole [6]	Not Reported	31.1–61.0	0.62–3.39
Vegetable Oil derived thermoplastic polyurethane [26]	0.7–11.1	25–600	1.3–5.6

Values and uncertainties attached are, respectively, average and standard deviation of triplicates.