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. 2017 Jul 16;10(7):809. doi: 10.3390/ma10070809

Table 5.

Thermal properties of PBS and PLA–PBS blend formulations plasticized with ISE and ATBC at different contents.

Formulations Tg (°C) Tcc (°C) ΔHcc (J/g) Tm (°C) ΔHm (J/g) Xc (%) Tc (°C)
1st Heating Scan Cooling
PBS 41.9 ± 0.2 87.4 ± 0.4 13.1 ± 2.0 114.3 ± 0.1 79.9 ± 0.6 60.6 ± 2.4 79.1 ± 0.6
PBS85–ATBC15 41.9 ± 1.4 87.2 ± 0.2 13.8 ± 2.1 113.0 ± 0.4 77.9 ± 0.6 68.3 ± 2.8 75.1 ± 0.4
PBS80–ATBC20 41.5 ± 8.8 90.1 ± 0.5 11.9 ± 0.7 112.8 ± 0.2 70.9 ± 2.7 66.8 ± 2.3 73.0 ± 0.1
PBS85–ISE15 41.1 ± 0.6 88.1 ± 0.9 12.5 ± 2.1 113.2 ± 0.1 75.8 ± 0.2 67.3 ± 2.0 75.8 ± 0.6
PBS80–ISE20 41.5 ± 0.3 90.6 ± 0.2 12.9 ± 1.4 111.8 ± 0.1 69.7 ± 0.5 64.4 ± 2.2 74.6 ± 0.1
PBS80–ISE30 42.5 ± 0.2 90.5 ± 0.2 11.0 ± 0.3 111.8 ± 0.6 66.2 ± 1.7 71.6 ± 2.6 74.1 ± 0.5
Tg PLA (°C) Tm PBS (°C) Tcc (°C) Tm1 (°C) Tm2 (°C)
PLA80–PBS20 56.6 ± 0.5 113.0 ± 0.4 106.6 ± 0.4 147.0 ± 0.3 153.0 ± 0.3
(PLA15–ISE15)–PBS20 34.3 ± 0.2 110.6 ± 0.1 79.1 ± 0.1 134.6 ± 0.2 147.3 ± 0.3
(PLA80–PBS20)–ISE15 32.8 ± 0.4 111.0 ± 0.3 78.4 ± 0.4 134.5 ± 0.4 146.8 ± 0.5
2nd Heating Scan
Formulations Tcc (°C) ΔHcc (J/g) Tm (°C) ΔHm (J/g) Xc (%)
PBS 102.3 ± 0.1 8.4 ± 0.8 113.7 ± 0.3 69.5 ± 0.9 55.5 ± 0.1
PBS85–ATBC15 97.3 ± 0.3 9.4 ± 1.8 112.5 ± 0.1 70.5 ± 4.2 65.2 ± 6.5
PBS80–ATBC20 95.6 ± 0.4 9.4 ± 0.5 111.8 ± 0.2 65.9 ± 5.2 64.8 ± 5.3
PBS85–ISE15 98.5 ± 0.4 7.3 ± 0.1 112.7 ± 0.1 71.2 ± 2.7 68.1 ± 2.8
PBS80–ISE20 96.4 ± 0.2 8.7 ± 0.5 111.3 ± 0.1 66.6 ± 2.1 65.5 ± 3.0
PBS80–ISE30 96.5 ± 0.5 9.0 ± 1.0 111.2 ± 0.6 61.1 ± 3.1 67.5 ± 5.5
Tg PLA (°C) Tm PBS (°C) Tcc (°C) Tm1 (°C) Tm2 (°C)
PLA80–PBS20 55.3 ± 0.4 113.1 ± 0.2 109.3 ± 0.3 147.4 ± 0.4 152.9 ± 0.5
(PLA15–ISE15)–PBS20 34.7 ± 0.3 111.0 ± 0.1 87.1 ± 0.1 135.5 ± 0.2 147.1 ± 0.4
(PLA80–PBS20)–ISE15 34.7 ± 0.3 111.3 ± 0.1 87.6 ± 0.4 135.5 ± 0.4 147.1 ± 0.4