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Table 3 PLLA properties (Röhm and Aldrich; Tamai et al. 2000; Hoffmann and Mintz 2000; Zhang 2015)

From: Experimental and computational studies of poly-L-lactic acid for cardiovascular applications: recent progress

Property

Value

Melting temperature – Tm (°C)

170–190

Transition temperature – Tg (°C)

50–65

Tensile strength (MPa)

50–70

Crystallinity (%)

37

Young’s modulus (GPa)

2.7–16

Elongation at break (%)

30–40