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