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THESIS - ROC CH ... - FINAL - resubmission.pdf - University of Guelph

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7.3.2 COMPOUNDING AND EXTRUSION<br />

Compounding and extrusion were done as in Section 4.3.2.<br />

7.3.3 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS<br />

Optical microscopy micrographs were obtained using a polarized filter lens (Model BX60<br />

F5, Olympic Optical Co. LTD, Japan). Microscopy <strong>of</strong> SPI films was completed using samples<br />

equilibrated at 58% relative humidity.<br />

7.3.4 ME<strong>CH</strong>ANICAL PROPERTIES<br />

Tensile strength (TS), percentage elongation at break (EAB) and elastic modulus (EM)<br />

were measured as described in Section 4.3.4.<br />

7.3.5 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS<br />

Statistical analysis <strong>of</strong> reported data was performed as described in Section 4.3.9.<br />

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