Research Article

The Effect of High Loaded Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes in Natural Rubber and Their Nonlinear Material Constants

Table 4

Repeatability and reproducibility of experimental data.

Mean tensile strength (MPa)Variance Standard deviation

NR/5 phr MWCNTMachine 15.60250.011030.105002
Machine 25.50970.014930.122205
Average of laboratory average = 5.5561 MPa
SD of the laboratory averages = 0.0657

NR/10 phr MWCNTMachine 17.51980.016130.126985
Machine 27.55110.012330.111058
Average of laboratory average = 7.5354 MPa
SD of the laboratory averages = 0.0222

NR/20 phr MWCNTMachine 114.7880.046310.215192
Machine 214.6820.032820.181159
Average of laboratory average = 14.735 MPa
SD of the laboratory averages = 0.0753

NR/30 phr MWCNTMachine 123.3850.049130.221651
Machine 223.3170.059350.243615
Average of laboratory average = 23.351 MPa
SD of the laboratory averages = 0.0484