Table 2.
Thermal analysis parameter summary for TPS-PLA blends (first loss at 10% mass temperature (T10), initial degradation temperature (Tonset), maximum degradation temperature (Td), first and second order thermal transitions (Tm, Tc and Tg).
| Sample | T10 |
Tonset |
Td1 |
Td2 |
Tg |
Tc |
Tm |
ΔHc |
ΔHm |
XC |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| °C | J/g | J/g | % | ||||||||||
| AS100-PLA0-T0 | 287.1 | 258.9 | 319.4 | - | 79.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AS100-PLA0-T10 | 278.7 | 258.7 | 313.7 | - | 54.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AS100-PLA0-T20 | 254.7 | 257.8 | 312.9 | - | 49.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AS75-PLA25-T0 | 288.8 | 261.5 | 311.4 | 351.1 | 53.4 | 108.6 | 145 | 153.8 | 12.9 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 0.68 | 0.85 |
| AS75-PLA25-T10 | 289.2 | 261.0 | 313.2 | 348.6 | 42.2 | 87.6 | - | 152.7 | 6.7 | - | 13.9 | - | 0.89 |
| AS75-PLA25-T20 | 287.1 | 261.9 | 316.0 | 344.4 | - | - | - | 150.5 | - | - | 11.2 | - | 0.48 |
| AS50-PLA50-T0 | 297.6 | 266. 7 | 311.2 | 352.6 | 53.4 | 106.5 | 143.7 | 152.6 | 23.7 | 6.2 | 14.7 | 0.64 | 0.83 |
| AS50-PLA50-T10 | 297.0 | 268.6 | 312.5 | 347.7 | 47.7 | 98.3 | 139.3 | 151.1 | 21.8 | 8.4 | 18.3 | 0.65 | 0.86 |
| AS50-PLA50-T20 | 296.3 | 268.7 | 314.4 | 348.0 | 38.8 | 86.3 | - | 151.7 | 13.8 | - | 19.8 | - | 0.72 |