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Table 3.

Correlations among the variables used to model thread stickiness

	SHAPE	SVPP	PH2O	APP	RE
EDN
Composite	–0.84^{^**}	–0.24	0.16	–0.21	–0.22
Group 1	–0.80^{^**}	–0.11	0.06	–	–0.15
Group 2	–0.86^{^**}	–0.59^{^*}	–0.15	0.33	–
Group 3	–0.30	–0.34	0.51^{^*}	0.23	0.66^{^*}
SHAPE
Composite		0.34^{^*}	–0.22	0.48^{^**}	0.41^{^**}
Group 1		0.22	–0.10	–	0.36^{^*}
Group 2		0.79^{^**}	0.34	0.11	–
Group 3		0.46	–0.94^{^**}	0.69^{^*}	–1.20
SVPP
Composite			–0.29^{^*}	0.07	–0.13
Group 1			–0.23	–	–0.23
Group 2			–0.14	0.38	–
Group 3			–0.66	0.38	–0.32
PH2O
Composite				–0.10	0.24
Group 1				–	0.48^{^*}
Group 2				–0.04	–
Group 3				–0.54^{^*}	0.42
APP
Composite					0.47^{^**}
Group 1					–
Group 2					–
Group 3					0.38

	SHAPE	SVPP	PH2O	APP	RE
EDN
Composite	–0.84^{^**}	–0.24	0.16	–0.21	–0.22
Group 1	–0.80^{^**}	–0.11	0.06	–	–0.15
Group 2	–0.86^{^**}	–0.59^{^*}	–0.15	0.33	–
Group 3	–0.30	–0.34	0.51^{^*}	0.23	0.66^{^*}
SHAPE
Composite		0.34^{^*}	–0.22	0.48^{^**}	0.41^{^**}
Group 1		0.22	–0.10	–	0.36^{^*}
Group 2		0.79^{^**}	0.34	0.11	–
Group 3		0.46	–0.94^{^**}	0.69^{^*}	–1.20
SVPP
Composite			–0.29^{^*}	0.07	–0.13
Group 1			–0.23	–	–0.23
Group 2			–0.14	0.38	–
Group 3			–0.66	0.38	–0.32
PH2O
Composite				–0.10	0.24
Group 1				–	0.48^{^*}
Group 2				–0.04	–
Group 3				–0.54^{^*}	0.42
APP
Composite					0.47^{^**}
Group 1					–
Group 2					–
Group 3					0.38

SHAPE, twice the focal length of the parabola defined by the outline of the lower half of a primary droplet; EDN, effective droplet number; SVPP, total volume of secondary droplets per contact plate; PH2O, proportion of water in the primary droplets; APP, surface area of primary and secondary droplets that contact a plate; RE, residual extensibility

0.0007<P≤0.05

P≤0.0007

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