Table 4. Glass Transition Temperature (Tg), Cold Crystallization Temperature (Tcc), Cold Crystallization Enthalpy (ΔHcc), Melt Temperature (Tm), Melting Enthalpy (ΔHm), and Crystallinity (Xc) of Neat PLA, PLA_BL20, and PLA_BL20-g-5GMA, Obtained from the DSC 2nd Heating Cycles.
composite | Tg (°C) | Tcc (°C) | ΔHcc (J/g) | Tm (°C) | ΔHm (J/g) | Xc (%) |
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neat PLA | 58.27 | 104.00 | 22.53 | 144.29 | 24.06 | 1.64 |
PLA_BL20 | 54.93 | 111.68 | 5.43 | 144.48 | 5.89 | 0.49 |
PLA_BL20-g-5GMA | 54.18 | 108.00 | 13.16 | 143.00 | 13.88 | 0.77 |