Table 2.
TGA and DTG Results of PLA/PBS/CNC Composites.
| Samples | Ti
a (°C) |
T50%
b (°C) |
Tmax c (°C) | Tf
d (°C) |
Wi
e (°C) |
Wmax
f (%) |
Wresidue
g (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1 | 331.7 | 359.42 | 366.08 | 387.3 | 98.7 | 22.15 | 0.562 |
| N2 | 331.2 | 363.87 | 364.37 | 393.6 | 98.8 | 23.91 | 1.172 |
| N3 | 334.1 | 362.94 | 366.64 | 391.4 | 99.3 | 22.4 | 0.368 |
| N4 | 332.1 | 361.52 | 363.24 | 390.8 | 98.9 | 23.44 | 1.068 |
| N5 | 330.4 | 361.48 | 367.52 | 390.1 | 98.7 | 23.68 | 1.236 |
a TGA, initial degradation temperature; b TGA, 50% degradation temperature; c DTG, peak temperature; d TGA, final degradation temperature; e TGA, maximum weight loss; f DTG, maximum weight loss; g TGA, char residue weight.