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. 2019 Sep 17;11(9):1514. doi: 10.3390/polym11091514

Table 2.

Thermal properties of PLA–wool FRP studied materials.

Formulation	TGA Assessment				DSC Assessment
Formulation	T₅ (°C)	T_max (°C)	Mass Loss at 300 °C (%)	Mass Loss at 350 °C (%)	T_g (°C)	T_cc (°C)	T_m (°C)	X_c (%)
PLA–MLO	327.2 ± 0.4^a	364.9 ± 2.5^a	2.8 ± 0.2^a	21.6 ± 0.6^a	60.7 ± 0.6^a	105.5 ± 1.2^a	170.6 ± 0.9^a	19.9 ± 0.9^a
PLA–MLO–UW	327.0 ± 1.8^a	366.4 ± 2.6^a	1.9 ± 0.6^a,b	23.2 ± 1.9^a	58.6 ± 1.0^a	105.2 ± 0.5^a	168.1 ± 1.2^a	19.2 ± 1.3^a
PLA–MLO–WA	325.3 ± 1.1^a	365.9 ± 3.3^a	1.7 ± 0.4^b	22.5 ± 0.9^a	60.1 ± 1.0^a	111.5 ± 2.0^b	169.7 ± 0.7^a	16.7 ± 0.7^b
PLA–MLO–WB	326.8 ± 0.7^a	366.9 ± 1.9^a	2.6 ± 0.3^a,b	21.0 ± 1.2^a	60.2 ± 1.0^a	111.3 ± 0.5^b	170.1 ± 0.5^a	16.4 ± 0.8^b
PLA–MLO–WC	324.2 ± 1.6^a	365.9 ± 0.3^a	2.4 ± 0.4^a,b	23.1 ± 1.4^a	60.4 ± 1.4^a	111.6 ± 2.5^b	170.3 ± 1.4^a	16.1 ± 0.5^b
PLA–MLO–WD	324.9 ± 1.2^a	356.9 ± 2.6^a	1.7 ± 0.2^b	32.9 ± 5.7^b	60.2 ± 1.0^a	110.2 ± 0.6^b	169.8 ± 0.6^a	17.5 ± 0.6^b

^a–b Different letters within the same property show statistically significant differences between formulations (p < 0.05).

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