Sample | Physico-chemical | Compressive | Sorption kinetics (dH2O) | |||||||
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M0 (%) | Mf (%) | wa 0 | wa f | pH0 | pHf | Modulus (kPa) | Strength (kPa) | Weight increase (%) | Thickness expansion (%) | |
Cold-pressed | 60.4 | 14.1 | 0.98 | 0.50 | 5.6 | 5.8 | – | – | 245 ± 3 | 21.5 ± 0.5 |
Non-pressed | 59.7 | 8.05 | 0.99 | 0.52 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 238 ± 16 | 223 ± 10 | 351 ± 4 | 18 ± 1 |