Production and Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals from <i>Agave tequilana</i> Weber Waste and Its Effect on the Melt Rheology of PLA

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Sample</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Crystallinity index (%)</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Percentage of the polymorphisms (%)</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Cellulose I</td><td class="align_center">Cellulose II</td><td class="align_center">Cellulose I</td><td class="align_center">Cellulose II</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">FATW</td><td class="align_center">64</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">100</td><td class="align_center">—</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cellulose</td><td class="align_center">74</td><td class="align_center">73</td><td class="align_center">57</td><td class="align_center">43</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CNC</td><td class="align_center">89</td><td class="align_center">94</td><td class="align_center">48</td><td class="align_center">52</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CNC/2-EHA</td><td class="align_center">69</td><td class="align_center">69</td><td class="align_center">49</td><td class="align_center">51</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Crystallinity index for cellulose I and II and estimated percentage of the polymorphisms in the samples.</div>

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Table 2: Production and Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals from <i>Agave tequilana</i> Weber Waste and Its Effect on the Melt Rheology of PLA 

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Production and Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals from Agave tequilana Weber Waste and Its Effect on the Melt Rheology of PLA

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