Research Article
Influence of Cellulose on the Mechanical and Thermal Stability of ABS Plastic Composites
Table 2
Tabulated DSC and TGA values for neat and cellulose-based ABS composites.
| Ratios (ABS : cellulose) | (°C) | Residue (%) | Onset (°C) | Rate (%/°C) | Max decomp (°C) |
| Pellet | 104.45 ± 0.22 | 98.75 ± 0.08 | 62.86 ± 2.97 | 0.003 ± 0.001 | 162.79 ± 4.33 | Neat | 93.20 ± 5.07 | 91.59 ± 0.33 | 100.90 ± 2.48 | 0.21 ± 0.02 | 108.27 ± 3.21 | 32 : 1 MMCC | 93.02 ± 6.34 | 90.37 ± 1.14 | 91.90 ± 3.40 | 0.22 ± 0.06 | 100.16 ± 4.85 | 16 : 1 MMCC | 91.48 ± 7.07 | 90.49 ± 1.10 | 97.03 ± 3.50 | 0.19 ± 0.04 | 104.02 ± 3.49 | 8 : 1 MMCC | 88.46 ± 1.99 | 91.59 ± 1.01 | 103.69 ± 1.88 | 0.13 ± 0.04 | 111.63 ± 5.69 | 32 : 5 MMCC | 92.10 ± 6.65 | 88.33 ± 0.66 | 93.87 ± 1.57 | 0.18 ± 0.04 | 98.67 ± 1.17 | 16 : 3 MMCC | 93.05 ± 7.65 | 87.48 ± 1.39 | 97.63 ± 3.41 | 0.18 ± 0.07 | 103.07 ± 5.31 | 4 : 1 MMCC | 95.87 ± 2.64 | 81.42 ± 1.26 | 82.86 ± 1.47 | 0.26 ± 0.07 | 90.62 ± 3.41 | 23 : 10 MMCC | 98.07 ± 1.77 | 77.86 ± 0.93 | 85.33 ± 2.11 | 0.29 ± 0.02 | 282.74 ± 1.47 | 8 : 5 MMCC | 98.55 ± 5.23 | 73.99 ± 0.44 | 87.00 ± 1.10 | 0.32 ± 0.01 | 281.91 ± 2.10 | 6 : 5 MMCC | 97.13 ± 1.12 | 71.75 ± 0.59 | 87.52 ± 0.50 | 0.37 ± 0.01 | 283.39 ± 0.69 | 1 : 1 MMCC | 105.67 ± 0.09 | 75.06 ± 1.08 | 59.21 ± 6.07 | 0.50 ± 0.01 | 282.29 ± 1.87 |
| 32 : 1 cotton | 94.55 ± 6.59 | 93.04 ± 0.90 | 109.45 ± 6.99 | 0.09 ± 0.02 | 131.95 ± 9.43 | 32 : 1 Hibiscus | 98.39 ± 6.69 | 92.40 ± 0.42 | 116.07 ± 4.84 | 0.10 ± 0.04 | 124.19 ± 2.93 |
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