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Table 3 Relative tensile properties and colour difference of samples after hygrothermal ageing

From: Transglutaminase-mediated restoration of historic silk and its ageing resistance

Hygrothermal ageing timed

Relative tensile strength %

Relative elongation rate at breakage %

Colour difference

Restored samples

Artificially aged samples

Restored samples

Artificially aged samples

Restored samples

Artificially aged samples

0

100

100

100

100

0.84

0

7

90.6

63.4

89.7

62.1

0.96

0.77

14

79.5

0

78.3

0

1.33

1.64