Chitosan fibers crosslinked with heparin had increased diameter but lower strength and stiffness properties and higher breaking strain values.
The rapeseed xylan films showed strain-to-break values >60% without any added plasticizers.
Note that elongation at break values of this dataset were obtained at different rates.
The tensile elongation at break values declined sharply with the addition of the filler.
A slight decrease of elongation at break values was observed for both types of composites although good stretchability was retained.
The experimental error was within ±1% for tensile strength and modulus, and within ±3% for elongation at break values.
Tensile tests were carried out to determine tensile strength, Young's modulus and elongation at break values.
Impressively, the EC/STRA 60/40) and EC/STRA 50/50) elongation at break values were 17.4 and 20.2 times higher, respectively, than that of pure EC.
Mechanical test results showed that, increasing CF content increased the tensile strength, modulus and hardness values but decreased strain at break values of composites.
The addition of either CNTs or FGS resulted in a slight decrease of the elongation at break values although a good stretchability was retained.
