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Table 3 Overview of the internal bond strength and stiffness of BC-mycelium materials

From: Mechanical characteristics of bacterial cellulose-reinforced mycelium composite materials

Label

Dry density [kg/m3]

Ultimate strength [MPa]

Specific strength [kN·m/kg]

Young’s modulus [GPa]

Specific modulus [106 m2 s−2]

BC-mycelium_70°C

531.10 ± 39.17

0.034 ± 0.02

0.07 ± 0.04

0.005 ± 0.002

0.010 ± 0.003

BC-mycelium_200°C

456.82 ± 13.26

0.056 ± 0.02

0.13 ± 0.04

0.007 ± 0.002

0.014 ± 0.006

mycelium_70°C (control)

492.32 ± 45.40

0.007 ± 0.003

0.01 ± 0.006

0.005 ± 0.002

0.01 ± 0.0007

  1. The standard deviation was based on measurements of sextuple specimens (mean ± one standard deviation)