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. 2021 Oct 3;12(4):658–672. doi: 10.34172/apb.2022.070

Table 1. The principal properties of PCL .

Properties Range/Description Ref.
Molecular weight (Mn/g mol-1) 3000-80 000 12
Density (r/g cm3) 1.071-1.200 13,14
Tensile strength (σ/MPa) 4-785 15,16
Young modulus (E/GPa) 0.21-0.44 15,16
Elongation at break (e/%) 20-1000 15,16
Crystallinity (%) 69% 13
Functional groups and FTIR absorption wavenumbers Asymmetric -CH2 (2943 cm-1), symmetric -CH2 (2866 cm-1), Carbonyl (1722 cm-1), C-O, and C-C (1293 cm-1), asymmetric C-O-C (1239 cm-1) 17
Glass transition temperature (Tg/ºC) (-65)-(-60) 15,16
Tensile stress at break or max (MPa) 14 16
Water permeability at 25ºC (g/m2/day) 177 16
Surface tension (g) in mN/m 35.5 18
Melting temperature (Tm/ºC) 56-65 16
Decomposition temperature (/ºC) 350 15,16
Inherent viscosity (Zinh/cm3 g-1) 100-130 15,16
Intrinsic viscosity (Z/cm3 g-1) 0.9 13
Solubility Highly soluble: Chloroform, dichloromethane, carbon tetrachloride, toluene, cyclohexanone, 2-nitropropane; cyclohexanone, pyridine, dichlorobenzene, teraline, toluene, styrene, cyclobenzene 9,16,19
Partially soluble: acetone, 2-butanone, ethyl acetate, dimethylformamide and acetonitrile, o-dichloroethane, tetrahydrofuran, acetophenone
Insoluble: water, alcohol, petroleum ether, diethyl ether, acetonitrile, nitromethane, dimethyl sulfoxide, di(ethylene glycol), di(propylene glycol), tetrachloroethylene, glycerol, methanol, ethanediol, ethanol, propylene glycol, 2-ethyl hexanol, cyclohexanol, diethyl carbonate, cyclohexane, carbon disulfide