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. 2019 Jan 4;11(1):66. doi: 10.3390/polym11010066

Table 4.

DSC parameters for PLA and its biocomposite films (see Table 1 for sample identification).

Sample Tg (°C) Tcc (°C) ΔHcc (J/g) Tm (°C) ΔHm (J/g) Xc (%) Td (°C) Solid Residue (%)
PLA 62.1 96.1 32.72 177.7 60.04 29.2 368.2 1.2
PLA/UP 60.0 90.7 7.09 175.2 54.49 54.6 359.4 2.0
PLA/GUP 58.6 92.7 26.58 174.8 51.54 28.9 365.7 1.2
PLA/GUP-L61 58.7 108.9 37.04 174.3 45.13 10.5 358.9 10.0
PLA/MCC 61.3 93.8 29.00 176.7 55.09 29.3 368.3 1.0
PLA/MCC-L61 62.1 100.8 34.07 175.9 53.88 24.0 357.1 5.4