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 |