Table 4.
Degradation temperatures of bacterial cellulose samples. BC: Pure Bacterial Cellulose; BC-W: Water-proofed bacterial cellulose; BR: Reconstituted bacterial cellulose; BR-W: Water-proofed reconstituted bacterial cellulose; BRA: Reconstituted bacterial cellulose dyed with onion and pomegranate; BRA-W: Water-proofed reconstituted bacterial cellulose dyed with onion and pomegranate; BRE: Reconstituted bacterial cellulose dyed with eucalyptus; BRE-W: Water-proofed reconstituted bacterial cellulose dyed with eucalyptus.
| Samples | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Mass Loss at 600 °C (%) |
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| Tmax | Tonset | Tendset | Tmax | Tonset | Tendset | Tmax | Tonset | Tendset | ||
| BC | 301.31 | 94.72 | 320.84 | 339.04 | 322.04 | 416.30 | - | - | - | 33.78 |
| BC-W | 289.62 | 91.22 | 323.01 | 341.21 | 325.78 | 381.59 | 447.53 | 390.87 | 517.92 | 20.55 |
| BR | 283.23 | 80.05 | 326.14 | 349.77 | 328.91 | 423.90 | - | -- | -- | 29.24 |
| BR-W | 269.13 | 87.59 | 327.71 | 342.66 | 327.71 | 384.00 | 440.65 | 390.98 | 503.81 | 20.30 |
| BRA | 236.59 | 83.30 | 275.16 | 312.25 | 275.64 | 420.52 | - | - | -- | 42.87 |
| BRA-W | 224.05 | 87.08 | 298.42 | 369.34 | 298.90 | 404.37 | 429.19 | 405.21 | 504.65 | 43.00 |
| BRE | 245.51 | 84.35 | 271.90 | 309.27 | 272.26 | 424.96 | - | - | - | 45.42 |
| BRE-W | 216.25 | 85.22 | 293.00 | 372.07 | 300.47 | 406.47 | 437.52 | 406.68 | 495.32 | 40.31 |