Table 3 Mechanical properties of HSP coated with SEDCFs (bulk densities, maximum load, breaking length, tensile index, Young’s modulus, work to break and coating layer).

From: Fabrication of biodegradable chicken feathers into ecofriendly-functionalized biomaterials: characterization and bio-assessment study

Feather concentration

Bulk density (g/m3)

Maximum load (N)

Breaking length (km)

Tensile index (N.m/g)

 

% improvement

 

% improvement

 

% improvement

 

% improvement

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884.96

 

17.00

 

3.31

 

460.80

 

1 g

639.13

27.78

20.72

21.92

2.45

25.92

377.53

18.07

2 g

601.83

31.99

21.98

29.30

2.60

21.23

418.94

9.08

3 g

563.94

36.27

23.72

39.54

2.80

15.21

386.68

16.08

 

Young’s modulus (MPa)

Work to break (J)

coating layer (g/m2)

 
 

% Improvement

 

% Improvement

 

% Improvement

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6803.63

 

0.01

  

0.01

  

1 g

2412.95

64.53

0.02

45.55

4.12

0.02

  

2 g

2521.34

62.94

0.02

71.74

4.72

0.02

  

3 g

2180.66

67.95

0.03

94.31

5.90

0.03