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. 2019 Jan 2;11(1):58. doi: 10.3390/polym11010058

Table 3.

The number averaged (Mn), weight averaged molecular weight (Mw), disparity, and average number of random chain scissions (nt) of biopolymers.

Polymer Extrusion Cycles Molecular Weight (g/mol) Molecular Number (g/mol) (Mw/Mn) nt
PLA 1 203,500 152,245 1.3 1.9 × 10−5
5 44,149 39,663 1.1
Bioflex 1 52,132 39,759 1.3 7.2 × 10−6
5 49,276 30,891 1.5
Solanyl 1 61,109 31,047 1.9 2.4 × 10−6
5 59,695 28,885 2.0
PHBV 1 298,500 176,383 1.6 1.5 × 10−5
5 52,262 48,525 1.1