Table 2.

Thermal properties of NCS and NCS/MBPI gels at different MBPI concentrations.

MBPI (%)	Thermal Parameters
	To (°C)	Tp (°C)	Tc (°C)	ΔH (J/g)
0	69.69 ± 0.42 e	73.45 ± 0.40 e	77.75 ± 0.35 d	10.85 ± 0.23 a
2	70.43 ± 0.12 d	74.71 ± 0.19 d	80.78 ± 0.20 c	9.77 ± 0.07 b
4	71.24 ± 0.12 c	75.36 ± 0.24 c	81.17 ± 0.17 bc	9.54 ± 0.11 b
6	71.69 ± 0.14 b	76.10 ± 0.16 b	81.43 ± 0.19 b	9.11 ± 0.09 c
8	72.21 ± 0.20 a	76.72 ± 0.15 a	82.26 ± 0.24 a	8.79 ± 0.15 d

Means ± standard deviations of triplicate analysis. Means in the same column with different letters are significantly different (p < 0.05).