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Table 3 Comparison of quality between commercial and developed pad samples

From: Development of biopolymer-based menstrual pad and quality analysis against commercial merchandise

Sample no.

Sample name

Total absorptive capacity (gm)

Retention after centrifugation (gm)

Rewet

Acquisition time (s)

Wicking height

cm

First (gm)

Second (gm)

01

Commercial Sample-01

63.6

18.07

0.00

0.02

3

9.01

02

Commercial Sample-02

58.5

9.60

0.76

2.3

5

4.80

03

Commercial Sample-03

56.01

9.67

0.79

2.01

6

5.78

04

100% Cotton

53.95

9.67

0.77

2.2

6

4.70

05

50% Cotton + 50% Viscose

61.01

9.25

0.85

2.36

4

5.10

06

33.3% Cotton + 33.3% Viscose + 33.3% Tissue Paper

57.55

9.79

0.94

2.48

5

5.00

07

50% Cotton + 50% Viscose, 1 gm Sodium Alginate is added

62.22

13.20

0.52

0.04

4

8.51

08

50% Cotton + 50% Viscose, 1 gm CMC is added

62.01

14.67

0.6

0.05

4

8.72

09

50% Cotton + 50% Viscose, 1 gm CMC and 1gm Sodium Alginate is added

63.20

16.30

0.20

0.03

3

8.85