Research Article

Effect on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Random Copolymer Polypropylene/Microcrystalline Cellulose Composites Using T-ZnOw as an Additive

Table 3

Parameters of MCC and pure rPP and rPP based composites gotten from TGA.

SampleT-5% (°C)T1 (°C)T2 (°C)

rPP363.3-440.2
MCC310.4367.0-
MCC/rPP319.3349.8454.5
MCC/PP-g-MA/rPP314.8347.1457.3
T-ZnOw/MCC/PP-g-MA/rPP319.1347.9460.1

T-5%: initial decomposition temperature.
T1: the maximum weight loss temperature of MCC.
T2: the maximum weight loss temperature of rPP.