Table 2.

Characteristic enthalpies and temperatures of bicomponent fibres with PGSu additive in relation to PLLA and PLCL determined from differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Sample Name	Tg of PGSu [°C] a	Tg of PLLA [°C]	Enthalpy of Relaxation of PLLA [J/g]	Relaxation Temperature of PLLA [°C]	Cold Crystallisation [J/g]	Tc of PLLA [°C]	Enthalpy of Crystal Phase Melting [J/g]	Tm [°C]	Sample Name	Tg of PGSu [°C]	Enthalpy of Crystal Phase Melting [J/g]	Tm [°C]
PLLA0	b	50.87	15.99	55.32	13.64	67.57	45.02	180.80	PLCL0	-	24.89	157.24
PLLA2	-	50.84	10.65	56.6	16.71	66.78	53.54	182.66	PLCL2	-	24.93	156.98
PLLA5	−32.53	50.72	9.39	56.67	15.52	67.44	53.301	182.41	PLCL5	−15.98	25.26	157.78
PLLA10	−32.58	50.55	8.92	56.66	15.57	67.64	51.08	181.07	PLCL10	−20.56	29.66	157.04
PLLA20	−30.92	49.21	7.86	56.97	11.36	67.89	32.58	180.18	PLCL20	−25.20	31.45	157.11
PLLA40	−27.83	48.34	2.71	59.92	12.14	71.98	16.04	180.12	PLCL40	−30.96	27.04	156.28

^aT_g of PGSu = −38.13 °C; ^b T_g of PGSu was not observed.