. 2019 Jun 22;11(6):1078. doi: 10.3390/polym11061078

Table 2.

Nonisothermal crystallization parameters as a function of cooling rate for polypropylene with unmodified and acetylated bamboo fibers.

Cooling Rate (°C/min)	BPCs	T_o (°C )	T_p (°C )	X_c (%)	t_1/2 (min)
2.5	BPC₀	127.2 ± 0.0 ^a	124.3 ± 0.1 ^a	67 ± 8 ^a	2.31 ± 0.23 ^b
	BPC₂	127.2 ± 0.2 ^a	123.1 ± 0.7 ^a	56 ± 15 ^a	2.81 ± 0.11 ^ab
	BPC₆	126.0 ± 0.2 ^a	122.5 ± 0.1 ^a	67 ± 5 ^a	2.91 ± 0.11 ^ab
	BPC₉	125.8 ± 0.0 ^ab	122.4 ± 0.1 ^ab	64 ± 9 ^a	2.71 ± 0.16 ^ab
	BPC₁₃	125.6 ± 0.3 ^ab	122.5 ± 0.3 ^ab	64 ± 4 ^a	2.63 ± 0.16 ^ab
	BPC₁₉	124.3 ± 0.1 ^b	120.8 ± 0.2 ^b	60 ± 11 ^a	3.17 ± 0.34 ^a
5	BPC₀	126.5 ± 1.7 ^a	122.4 ± 1.4 ^a	63 ± 9 ^a	1.57 ± 0.10 ^ab
	BPC₂	125.9 ± 1.2 ^a	121.7 ± 1.2 ^a	53 ± 8 ^a	1.61 ± 0.02 ^a
	BPC₆	124.6 ± 1.1 ^a	120.3 ± 1.0 ^a	67 ± 3 ^a	1.57 ± 0.04 ^a
	BPC₉	123.8 ± 0.6 ^ab	119.9 ± 0.4 ^ab	59 ± 9 ^a	1.41 ± 0.02 ^b
	BPC₁₃	123.7 ± 0.8 ^ab	120.0 ± 0.7 ^ab	57 ± 2 ^a	1.39 ± 0.01 ^b
	BPC₁₉	121.5 ± 0.2 ^b	117.6 ± 0.2 ^b	60 ± 5 ^a	1.57 ± 0.05 ^ab
10	BPC₀	122.1 ± 0.5 ^a	117.6 ± 0.7 ^a	64 ± 10 ^a	0.82 ± 0.01 ^a
	BPC₂	122.4 ± 0.4 ^a	117.4 ± 0.4 ^a	66 ± 9 ^a	0.91 ± 0.01 ^a
	BPC₆	122.1 ± 0.8 ^a	116.9 ± 0.7 ^a	62 ± 8 ^a	0.90 ± 0.02 ^a
	BPC₉	120.7 ± 0.9 ^a	116.0 ± 0.7 ^a	63 ± 6 ^a	0.81 ± 0.06 ^a
	BPC₁₃	120.9 ± 0.3 ^a	116.5 ± 0.4 ^a	64 ± 9 ^a	0.84 ± 0.09 ^a
	BPC₁₉	118.1 ± 0.2 ^b	113.7 ± 0.3 ^b	60 ± 5 ^a	0.96 ± 0.04 ^a
15	BPC₀	121.9 ± 1.7 ^a	116.2 ± 1.3 ^a	70 ± 7 ^a	0.65 ± 0.03 ^a
	BPC₂	120.3 ± 0.1 ^ab	115.1 ± 0.2 ^ab	45 ± 18 ^a	0.58 ± 0.05 ^a
	BPC₆	119.5 ± 1.0 ^ab	113.3 ± 0.8 ^bc	57 ± 4 ^a	0.66 ± 0.02 ^a
	BPC₉	118.4 ± 0.7 ^bc	113.1 ± 0.8 ^bc	59 ± 14 ^a	0.63 ± 0.06 ^a
	BPC₁₃	118.3 ± 0.2 ^bc	113.3 ± 0.1 ^bc	57 ± 1 ^a	0.58 ± 0.05 ^a
	BPC₁₉	115.8 ± 0.3 ^c	111.1 ± 0.3 ^c	49 ± 5 ^a	0.60 ± 0.04 ^a
20	BPC₀	118.7 ± 0.5 ^a	112.8 ± 0.9 ^a	59 ± 3 ^a	0.48 ± 0.04 ^a
	BPC₂	118.3 ± 0.4 ^ab	111.9 ± 0.9 ^a	60 ± 3 ^a	0.53 ± 0.04 ^a
	BPC₆	118.1 ± 0.3 ^ab	111.4 ± 0.2 ^ab	61 ± 7 ^a	0.53 ± 0.02 ^a
	BPC₉	116.7 ± 0.6 ^ab	111.2 ± 0.6 ^ab	56 ± 5 ^a	0.47 ± 0.04 ^a
	BPC₁₃	116.6 ± 0.4 ^b	111.0 ± 0.3 ^ab	59 ± 12 ^a	0.46 ± 0.01 ^a
	BPC₁₉	114.0 ± 0.3 ^c	108.9 ± 0.8 ^b	50 ± 14 ^a	0.48 ± 0.03 ^a
25	BPC₀	117.3 ± 0.3 ^a	111.0 ± 0.5 ^a	69 ± 10 ^a	0.41 ± 0.01 ^a
	BPC₂	117.5 ± 0.6 ^a	110.8 ± 0.5 ^a	56 ± 9 ^a	0.42 ± 0.00 ^a
	BPC₆	116.6 ± 1.8 ^a	109.9 ± 1.6 ^ab	62 ± 6 ^a	0.44 ± 0.03 ^a
	BPC₉	115.4 ± 0.2 ^a	109.6 ± 0.2 ^a	51 ± 18 ^a	0.38 ± 0.05 ^a
	BPC₁₃	115.5 ± 0.2 ^a	109.6 ± 0.3 ^a	64 ± 1 ^a	0.39 ± 0.01 ^a
	BPC₁₉	112.5 ± 0.3 ^b	107.3 ± 0.3 ^b	56 ± 1 ^a	0.38 ± 0.01 ^a

Values are the mean ± SD (n = 3). Different superscript letters (a, b, and c) within a given cooling rate indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05).