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Table 2.

Thermal properties of PLA-based developed films.

Films	T_deg_.	T_g (°C)	T_cc (°C)	ΔH_cc (J/g)	T_m (°C)	ΔH_m(J/g)	X_c′ (%)
PLA	365.6 ± 2.1 ^a	39.0 ± 1.4 ^bc	90.6 ± 0.2 ^bc	25.7 ± 0.2 ^c	148.2 ± 0.8 ^bc	−30.3 ± 0.4 ^b	3.2 ± 1.4 ^a
0.5PLA(PV/CNC)_n	362.1 ± 0.3 ^a	36.6 ± 0.4 ^ab	87.9 ± 0.2 ^ab	22.2 ± 0.1 ^a	146.3 ± 0.3 ^a	−28.9 ± 1.1 ^b	6.9 ± 0.8 ^a
0.5PLACNC	363.1 ± 1.8 ^a	35.4 ± 0.4 ^a	85.4 ± 0.5 ^a	24.6 ± 1.1 ^abc	146.1 ± 0.6 ^a	−28.9 ± 1.2 ^b	4.7 ± 0.1 ^b
1PLA(PV/CNC)_n	361.5 ± 1.1 ^a	37.8 ± 1.9 ^bc	86.9 ± 3.3 ^ab	22.6 ± 0.4 ^ab	146.5 ± 1.3 ^a	−29.0 ± 0.4 ^b	6.8 ± 0.8 ^a
1PLACNC	365.2 ± 0.1 ^a	38.4 ± 3.7 ^bc	95.2 ± 1.6 ^d	25.4 ± 2.6 ^bc	148.6 ± 0.2 ^bc	−26.9 ± 0.7 ^c	3.6 ± 0.7 ^b
3PLA(PV/CNC)_n	358.5 ± 0.5 ^a	40.3 ± 0.8 ^c	90.8 ± 2.5 ^bc	24.0 ± 1.1 ^abc	147.8 ± 0.7 ^ab	−30.0 ± 0.1 ^b	6.4 ± 1.2 ^a
3PLACNC	365.4 ± 0.5 ^a	38.5 ± 0.8 ^bc	92.5 ± 0.8 ^cd	29.6 ± 0.4 ^d	149.7 ± 0.4 ^c	−32.6 ± 0.2 ^a	4.6 ± 1.1 ^b

Lower case letters a–d indicate significant differences in a thermal parameter among the materials. ^a corresponds to the smaller values and ^b the higher ones.