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. 2021 Sep 30;13(19):3353. doi: 10.3390/polym13193353

Table 4.

Temperature for specific mass degradation. At each specific mass loss%, negative sign shows the decrease and positive sign shows the increase of corresponding temperature as compared to neat PLA.

Mass Loss% PLA
°C
Pellet,
°C
(% of PLA)
Non-Treated 161,25
°C
(% of PLA)
Non-Treated 171,85
°C
(% of PLA)
Thermal 61,25
°C
(% of PLA)
Thermal 171,85
°C
(% of PLA)
50% 367.7 365.9
(−0.49)
364.4
(−0.9)
356.1
(−3.15)
359.7
(−2.18)
365.8
(−0.52)
60% 371.2 369.3
(−0.51)
367.8
(−0.92)
360.4
(−2.91)
363.8
(−1.99)
369.2
(−0.54)
70% 374.7 372.8
(0.51)
371.2
(−0.93)
364.5
(−2.72)
367.9
(−1.81)
372.6
(−0.56)
80% 378.2 376.8
(−0.37)
375.2
(−0.79)
369.1
(−2.41)
372.2
(−1.59)
376.4
(−0.48)
90% 382.5 383.9
(−0.37)
383
(−0.05)
377.7
(−1.25)
378.9
(−0.94)
383.5
(+0.26)
92% 383.7 440.7
(+14.8)
443
(+15.4)
447.1
(+16.5)
440
(+14.67)
441.5
(+15.1)
95% 385.7 465.6
(+20.7)
465.9
(+20.8)
467.5
(+21.2)
465
(+20.6)
465.5
(+20.7)