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30
(A)
c
25
20
b
ab
15
a
a
10
5
0
8
(B)
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
40
(C)
35
CPC + 15% chitosan
+ 20% fibers
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
Displacement (mm)
FIGURE 12.4
Single-load fast fracture of nano-apatitic CPC scaffolds.
(A) Flexural strength (mean
SD;
n
6), (B) elastic
modulus, and (C) load-displacement curves. In (A),
values indicated by dissimilar letters are significantly
different (
P
0.05). In (B) all the values are statistically
similar (
P
0.1). In (C), CPC with 15% chitosan and 20%
