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) |
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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 |