Table 2. Thermal Data of Raw Date Fiber (R-DW), Bleached Fiber (B-DW), Delignified Sample (D-DW), and CNCa.
| TGA |
DTG
peak (°C) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sample | Tost (°C) | W@Tost | MH2O (%) | Wlos (%) | Wrsd (%) | Tmax1 | Tmax2 |
| R-DW | 227.7 | 87.2 | 12.8 | 85.2 | 2.0 | 190 | 342 |
| B-DW | 239.7 | 90.3 | 9.7 | 84.0 | 6.3 | 332 | |
| D-DW | 242.1 | 91.9 | 8.1 | 84.3 | 7.5 | 315 | |
| CNC | 249.5 | 93.1 | 6.9 | 83.6 | 9.5 | 330 | |
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Tost = initial degradation temperature, W@Tost = weight of the sample at Tost, MH2O = moisture content, Wlos = weight loss of the sample, Wrsd = weight of the sample residue, and Tmax1 and Tmax2 = DTG peaks.