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. 2018 Dec 11;10(12):1371. doi: 10.3390/polym10121371

Table 3.

Contact angles and surface tensions using the Owens-Wendt model.

Contact Angles Surface Tensions
θ H 2 O θ MI γ (20 ° C) γ (190 °C) γd γp
deg ° deg ° (mJ/m2) (mJ/m2) (mJ/m2) (mJ/m2)
PHBV 64.55 ± (1.06) 47.24 ± (0.98) 45.095 35.195 32.365 12.729
PLA 64.00 ± (0.66) 62.02 ± (3.05) 40.996 31.096 23.892 17.104
CB [41,42] - - 98.1 87.9 84.1 3.2