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. 2018 Jul 9;55(9):3739–3748. doi: 10.1007/s13197-018-3304-x

Table 1.

Thermal properties of the films by TGA and DSC

Sample Decomposition temperature (°C) Loss weight (%) Degradation temperature (°C) ΔH (J/g)
Tid Tm 1st peak 2nd peak
F0 80.00 ± 1.60a 290.00 ± 5.80a 93.10 ± 1.86e 125.40 ± 2.51 186.20 ± 3.72b, c 186.50 ± 3.73a
F5 83.00 ± 1.78a, b 293.00 ± 6.05a, b 88.10 ± 1.94d, e 170.60 ± 3.75a 196.70 ± 3.99a
F8 85.00 ± 1.70b, c 297.00 ± 5.84a, b, c 84.82 ± 1.88c, d 176.40 ± 3.91a, b 231.20 ± 4.17b
F10 86.00 ± 1.54b, c, d 302.00 ± 5.66a, b, c 83.40 ± 1.80b, c, d 180.60 ± 3.77a, b 235.18 ± 4.25b
F12 88.00 ± 1.66c, d, e 304.00 ± 6.10a, b, c 82.80 ± 1.90b, c, d 186.90 ± 3.82b, c 237.30 ± 4.32b
F14 90.00 ± 1.82d, e, f 306.00 ± 5.96a, b, c 82.00 ± 1.92b, c 194.40 ± 3.80c, d 243.12 ± 4.44b
F16 92.00 ± 1.80e, f, g 308.00 ± 6.14b, c 78.60 ± 1.87b 196.30 ± 3.94c, d, e 258.60 ± 4.61c
F18 94.00 ± 1.63f, g 309.00 ± 6.01b, c 71.40 ± 1.96a 199.60 ± 3.88d, e 263.20 ± 4.75c
F20 95.00 ± 1.85h 310.00 ± 5.90c 70.80 ± 1.91a 206.10 ± 3.85e 268.10 ± 4.81c

Values are mean ± standard error, of three replicates. Superscripts with different letters in same column indicate significant differences (P ≤ 0.05)