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Table 1 Parameter estimates and goodness of fit for different fluid models for pitcher fluids from three Nepenthes species (samples obtained from greenhouse plants, measurements performed with Seymour)

From: A portable extensional rheometer for measuring the viscoelasticity of pitcher plant and other sticky liquids in the field

Species

Equation ( 1 )

Equation ( 2 )

Equation ( 3 )

η 0

R 2

λ UCM

R 2

η 0

a

λ G

R 2

(Pa s)

(ms)

(Pa s)

(−)

(ms)

N. rafflesiana

3.47

0.964

2.95

0.994

1.97

0

1.79

0.995

N. eymae

26.7

0.503

29.8

0.958

0.0644

0

32.4

0.979

N. maxima

20.6

0.599

20.6

0.991

0.0491

0

21.7

0.994