Table 1. Summary of Physicochemical Properties of the PLCL Copolymer.
| feed
mol. ratio |
copolymer
composition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sample | LA % | CL % | LA % | CL % | Tm (°C) | Tg (°C) | Xc (%) | tensile strength (MPa) | elongation at break (%) | MW |
| PLCL91 | 90 | 10 | 89 | 11 | 161 | 46 | 52.0 | 15.6 ± 2 | 5.15 ± 0.9 | 15,8329 |
| PLCL82 | 80 | 20 | 76.1 | 23.9 | 150 | 46 | 51.3 | 18.7 ± 3 | 7.6 ± 0.2 | 96,022 |
| PLCL73 | 70 | 30 | 67 | 33 | 133 | 18 | 39.2 | 63.4 ± 3 | 99.8 ± 2 | 80,835 |
| PLCL65 | 65 | 35 | 47.8 | 52.2 | 128 | 18 | 20.4 | 112.5 ± 7 | 200.47 ± 9 | 34,335 |