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Table 5 Mechanical properties of PHAs under uniaxial tensile tests at room temperature

From: Production and characterization of two medium-chain-length polydroxyalkanoates by engineered strains of Yarrowia lipolytica

 

Yield stress (MPa)

Young’s modulus (MPa)

Elongation at break (%)

PHA copolymer

4.83 ± 0.65

0.019 ± 0.001

755 ± 151

PHA homopolymer

11.45 ± 2.02

0.410 ± 0.080

347 ± 51