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. 2013 May 28;3:1908. doi: 10.1038/srep01908

Table 1. Thermal properties of the stearic acid and as-synthesized composites.

Samples Loadage β (%) Melting temperature Tm (°C) Freezing temperature Tf (°C) Latent heat of melting, ΔHm (J/g) Latent heat of freezing ΔHf (J/g) Crystallinity of SA, Fc (%) Extent of supercooling, Tm-Tf (°C)
Pure SA 100 53.12 51.84 200.2 198.4 100 1.28
SA/B 37.4 53.18 50.67 48.43 47.13 64.7 2.51
SA/GB 36.3 53.90 52.15 50.93 49.98 70.1 1.75
SA/GBm 45.5 53.36 52.94 84.64 84.14 92.9 0.42