Effect of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles on the Properties of Chemically Modified Agave tequilana Weber var. Azul Fibers

Table 1

Tensile properties of unmodified and modified ATF.

Sample code	Treatment			Strength (se) × 10^-2, in MPa	Modulus (se) × 10^-3, in MPa
	Mercerization	Coupling agent addition	AgNO3 concentration
UF	—	—	—	1.4 (0.2)	4.9 (0.5)
UF/20	—	—	20 mM	1.4 (0.4)	5.5 (1.6)
UF/30	—	—	30 mM	1.7 (0.3)	6.2 (1.3)
MF	x	—	—	1.1 (0.1)	4.2 (0.3)
MF/20	x	—	20 mM	1.1 (0.1)	4.2 (0.4)
MF/30	x	—	30 mM	1.1 (0.1)	5.5 (0.7)^a
MMF	x	x	—	1.3 (0.2)	4.6 (0.5)
MMF/20	x	x	20 mM	1.5 (0.1)	6.0 (0.4)^a
MMF/30	x	x	30 mM	2.5 (0.3)^a	10.0 (2.1)^a

UF: untreated fibers; MF: mercerized fibers; MMF: mercerized fibers treated with MAPE. x indicates that a specific treatment was applied to the sample. se: standard error. ^a.