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. 2023 Feb 15;15(4):952. doi: 10.3390/polym15040952

Table 5.

Data for the non-Newtonian indices of PBST/PLA blends with various amounts of PSMA under different temperatures.

Samples Non-Newtonian Index (n) a
180 °C 190 °C 200 °C 210 °C 220 °C
PB/PL 0.572 ± 0.012 0.586 ± 0.039 0.601 ± 0.031 0.615 ± 0.043 0.630 ± 0.025
PB/PL/PS1 0.562 ± 0.025 0.574 ± 0.031 0.587 ± 0.022 0.600 ± 0.036 0.612 ± 0.017
PB/PL/PS2 0.544 ± 0.017 0.556 ± 0.026 0.570 ± 0.028 0.584 ± 0.030 0.599 ± 0.026
PB/PL/PS3 0.526 ± 0.034 0.439 ± 0.018 0.550 ± 0.026 0.562 ± 0.029 0.575 ± 0.023
PB/PL/PS4 0.545 ± 0.019 0.560 ± 0.023 0.573 ± 0.030 0.587 ± 0.016 0.601 ± 0.038
PB/PL/PS5 0.566 ± 0.022 0.578 ± 0.027 0.591 ± 0.036 0.605 ± 0.041 0.619 ± 0.020

an was taken as the arithmetic mean in the range of low shear rates.