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. 2019 May 7;9(24):13908–13915. doi: 10.1039/c9ra01360a

Thermal and crystalline properties of neat PLA and its nanocomposites.

Samples T g (°C) T cc (°C) T m1 (°C) T m2 (°C) ΔHcca (J g−1) ΔHma (J g−1) Crystallinity (%)
PLA 60.1 132.8 166.6 21.4 24.1 25.9
PLAGSN1 60.3 113.4 163.3 169.4 45.0 51.2 55.6
PLAGSN3 60.9 112.7 162.9 169.1 44.5 50.9 56.3
PLAGSN5 60.4 110.5 161.9 168.5 43.7 50.8 57.4
PLAGSN7 59.8 110.9 161.8 168.4 43.1 50.4 58.2
PLAGSN10 59.7 110.5 162.1 168.7 40.4 46.2 55.1
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Data calculated from the peaks in DSC curves.