Research Article

PVA/Polysaccharides Blended Films: Mechanical Properties

Table 1

Mechanical properties of blended films.

Tensile strengthElongationElastic modulus
(kgf)(%)(kgf)

MBO193.61b2.94b6568.14b
PVA/CG151.84b11.96a1305.25c
PVA/CG-AG218.17b13.24a1800.85c
PVA/ 227.97b4.87b4773.82b
PVA/AGHCl426.46a3.80b11590.02a
PVA/AGac221.30b3.18b6972.95b

a,  b, and  c: The results are the means of three determinations. Within columns, means with the same superscript letter are not significantly different ( ).