Optimization of Antibacterial, Structures, and Thermal Properties of Alginate-ZrO₂ Bionanocomposite by the Taguchi Method

Table 1

Taguchi design of experiments and effects of alginate/zirconia-synthesized nanocomposites on the survival rate of Streptococcus mutans.

Experiment	Alginate (mg/ml)			ZrO2 (mg/ml)			Stirring time (min)			Bacterial survival (CFU/ml)
	60	70	80	4	6	8	40	80	120
1		60			4			40		4.11
2		60			6			80		1.89
3		60			8			120		1.22
4		70			4			80		2.83
5		70			6			120		1.39
6		70			8			40		0.87
7		80			4			120		3.27
8		80			6			40		1.96
9		80			8			80		1.06