Table 5.
Peak temperatures and mass loss during the thermogravimetric analyses for the AA:ALG and AA:GA-based microparticles.
| Stage (i) (H2O) |
Stage (ii) (AA) |
Stage (iii) (ALG + AA) (GA + AA) |
Stage (iv) (Char) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Step1 | T2 | Step2 | T3 | Step3 | T4 | Step4 | ||
| (°C) | (%) | (°C) | (%) | (°C) | (%) | (°C) | (%) | ||
| AA:ALG-based | AA:ALG-5 | 64.20 | 7.45 | 188.90 | 20.86 | 239.95 | 38.98 | 335.88 | 5.78 |
| AA:ALG-12.5 | 62.30 | 5.38 | 188.00 | 13.33 | 239.50 | 34.22 | 337.51 | 5.61 | |
| AA:ALG-20 | 63.74 | 5.28 | 187.85 | 12.62 | 238.82 | 30.48 | 336.70 | 5.33 | |
| AA:2ALG-5 | 63.07 | 6.38 | – | – | 241.54 | 38.10 | 318.36 | 5.52 | |
| AA:2ALG-12.5 | 66.58 | 7.71 | – | – | 240.41 | 38.17 | 320.34 | 5.68 | |
| AA:2ALG-20 | 66.04 | 8.25 | – | – | 240.96 | 41.86 | 318.04 | 6.85 | |
| AA:4ALG-5 | 64.10 | 8.95 | – | – | 241.81 | 41.60 | 313.29 | 5.21 | |
| AA:4ALG-12.5 | 65.04 | 10.22 | – | – | 242.09 | 40.60 | 313.75 | 5.57 | |
| AA:4ALG-20 | 74.12 | 10.97 | – | – | 240.65 | 41.73 | 313.94 | 5.21 | |
| AA:GA-based | AA:GA-5 | 55.5 | 8.43 | 192.59 | 20.44 | 269.89 | 34.39 | 377.88 | 12.04 |
| AA:GA-12.5 | 51.97 | 8.65 | 195.35 | 18.83 | 288.86 | 38.48 | 388.11 | 12.02 | |
| AA:GA-20 | 49.43 | 8.37 | 195.27 | 18.96 | 283.09 | 39.19 | 400.53 | 14.02 | |
| AA:2GA-5 | 56.96 | 7.38 | 194.54 | 16.83 | 280.77 | 46.35 | 378.49 | 9.26 | |
| AA:2GA-12.5 | 63.17 | 7.08 | 195.78 | 15.56 | 287.69 | 43.19 | 404.78 | 15.34 | |
| AA:2GA-20 | 52.35 | 7.32 | 196.17 | 14.55 | 289.56 | 48.38 | 380.36 | 11.08 | |
| AA:4GA-5 | 54.28 | 7.19 | 202.84 | 11.96 | 287.71 | 55.13 | 377.86 | 7.16 | |
| AA:4GA-12.5 | 62.82 | 8.20 | 202.92 | 13.48 | 288.41 | 54.59 | 379.11 | 9.46 | |
| AA:4GA-20 | 64.19 | 7.75 | 202.44 | 12.75 | 296.93 | 55.06 | 377.27 | 7.79 | |