Thermal Performances of UHMWPE/BN Composites Obtained from Different Blending Methods

Table 3

Thermal stabilities of the composites by different mixing obtained from TGA curves.

BN content (wt%)	^a (°C)		IPDT (°C)		^b (kJ/mol)		^b (kJ/mol)
	SM	MM	SM	MM	SM		MM
0	481.8	480.8	475.5	499.7	478.65	0.997	530.27	0.997
10	478.2	484.4	534.8	566.7	335.62	0.999	430.27	0.995
20	483.7	482.4	535.7	649.6	356.59	0.991	356.34	0.991
30	483.4	481.6	626.4	742.9	342.05	0.986	305.78	0.986
40	483.5	478.1	705.9	875.2	333.03	0.979	281.07	0.982

^aThe decomposition temperature at the maximum rate of the weight loss. ^bThe activation energy calculate by Horowitz–Metzger integral kinetic method.