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. 2019 Nov 11;11(11):1857. doi: 10.3390/polym11111857

Table 3.

Plasticized PLA/PBS samples torque, melt volume rate (MVR) and MFR.

Blends Torque (N·cm) MVR (cm3/10 min) MFR (g/10 min)
PLA a - 4.4 ± 0,1 5.0 ± 1
PBS a - 10.3 ± 0.3 10.8 ± 0.3
Extruded PLA 161 ± 5 6.4 ± 0.5 6.7 ± 0.5
PLA + 2% PS 183 ± 4 5.6 ± 0,2 6.2 ± 0.4
F1 68 ± 5 22 ± 2 24 ± 2
F2 73 ± 6 11.8 ± 0.9 12.4 ± 0.9
F3 73 ± 9 8.7 ± 0.6 9.4 ± 0.6

a PLA and PBS are the not processed granules of pure polymers.