S.No Sample ID Tensile strength (MPa) Elongation at break (%) 1 LDPE VIRGIN-MD 24.85 225.60 2 LDPE VIRGIN-TD 19.20 356.60 3 LDPE 1%Fe oleateD0 MD 19.93 199.46 4 LDPE 1% Fe oleate D0 TD 16.08 302.50 5 LDPE 1% Fe oleate D1 MD 18.08 182.70 6 LDPE 1% Fe oleate D1 TD 13.58 245.60 7 LDPE 1% Fe oleate D2 MD 17.47 39.59 8 LDPE 1% Fe oleateD2 TD 13.51 54.47 9 LDPE 1% Fe oleate D3 MD 15.01 18.60 10 LDPE 1% Fe oleateD3 TD 13.70 37.36 11 LDPE 3% Fe oleateD0 MD 18.03 155.40 12 LDPE 3% Fe oleate D0 TD 15.80 268.60 13 LDPE 3% Fe oleateD1 MD 16.34 135.96 14 LDPE 3% Fe oleateD1 TD 13.20 150.70 15 LDPE 3% Fe oleateD2 MD 16.15 28.75 16 LDPE 3% Fe oleateD2 TD 15.89 49.44 17 LDPE 3% Fe oleateD3 MD 13.91 16.93 18 LDPE 3% Fe oleateD3 TD 10.95 27.30 19 LDPE 5% Fe oleateD0 MD 17.85 113.45 20 LDPE 5% Fe oleateD0 TD 14.65 219.69 21 LDPE 5% Fe oleate D1 MD 16.61 120.8 22 LDPE 5% Fe oleate D1 TD 13.20 152.60 23 LDPE 5% Fe oleateD2 MD 14.12 14.26 24 LDPE 5% Fe oleateD2 TD 12.13 38.09 25 LDPE 5% Fe oleateD3 MD 12.71 4.50 26 LDPE 5% Fe oleateD3 TD 10.14 20.77 27 LDPE 1% Fe oleateD4 become brittle 28 LDPE 3% Fe oleate D4 become brittle 29 LDPE 5% Fe oleate D4 become brittle MD- Machine direction, TD- Transverse direction D0 –Without UV exposure, D1- With UV exposure etc.

Table 4: Effect of UV exposure on mechanical properties of Fe 12 hydroxyl oleate blended LDPE films.