Table 8.

Crystallization half times and Avrami constants for PLA samples at different temperatures.

Sample	Temperature (°C)	t1/2 (min)	n	ln k	k
Neat PLA	90	20.03	2.520	−7.919	3.64 × 10−4
	95	8.36	1.890	−4.380	1.25 × 10−2
	100	6.83	2.320	−4.825	8.03 × 10−3
	105	7.32	2.420	−5.184	5.61 × 10−3
	110	12.21	2.240	−5.972	2.55 × 10−3
PLA + 1% MTPS	90	8.12	2.198	−4.969	6.95 × 10−3
	95	4.19	2.127	−3.412	3.30 × 10−2
	100	2.03	1.797	−1.641	1.94 × 10−1
	110	2.91	2.084	−2.593	7.48 × 10−2
PLA + 2% MTPS	90	7.54	2.619	−5.657	3.49 × 10−3
	95	3.83	1.964	−3.004	4.96 × 10−2
	100	1.66	1.811	−1.289	2.76 × 10−1
	105	2.10	1.946	−1.809	1.64 × 10−1
	110	2.55	1.958	−2.200	1.11 × 10−1
PLA + 5% MTPS	90	2.94	1.960	−2.479	8.38 × 10−2
	95	1.06	1.410	−0.447	6.40 × 10−1
	100	0.94	2.010	−0.242	7.85 × 10−1
	105	0.82	1.780	−0.018	9.82 × 10−1
	110	1.12	1.740	−0.566	5.68 × 10−1