Table 4.

Decomposition onset temperature and maximum thermal degradation temperature (T_onset and T_max) of untreated balsa and kapok fibers and their resulting CNCs.

Sample	Reaction Time (h)	Temperature (°C)
		T onset	T max
Balsa	Original fiber	263.80	342.64
	8	219.71	277.87
	12	240.73	289.91
	16	241.33	291.57
Kapok	Original fiber	254.49	344.80
	8	215.35	261.39
	12	216.97	273.93
	16	233.45	280.64