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. 2017 May 3;7:46767. doi: 10.1038/srep46767

Table 1. Thermal characteristics of PLLA and its composites with different contents as determined by the second heating scan (Fig. 1).

Samples Tg (°C) Tcc (°C) Tonset (°C) Tm1 (°C) Tm2 (°C)
Pure PLLA 60 106 82 156 168
Biocomposite 1 42 106 95 153 164
Biocomposite 2 38 103 88 149 163
Biocomposite 3 32 100 70 147 161
Biocomposite 4 27 91 81 145 160
Biocomposite 5 23 96 83 145 158
Biocomposite 6 18 94 75 141 157
Biocomposite 7 17 91 71 141 156

Glass transition temperature (Tg), cold crystallization temperature (Tcc) of composites, (Tm1) first melting temperature, second melting temperature (Tm2).