Synthesis and Characterization of a Biodegradable and Robust Film Using Gracilarialichenoides and Sargassumhorneri for Packaging Applications

Table 2

Calculation of the theoretical amount of carbon dioxide (mCO₂): is wet solid mass of inoculum; m_d,i is total dry solids of inoculum; is a wet solids of material.

No.	Compost			Reference material			Test material
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
(g)	623.93	623.94	623.93	623.94	623.94	623.95	623.94	623.93	623.95
md,i (g)	360.1	360.1	360.1	360.1	360.1	360.1	360.1	360.1	360.1
	—			62.49	62.5	62.5	63.22	63.22	63.22
MTOT (g)	—			60	60	60	60	60	60
TOC (%)	26.35			43.16			38.44
CTOT (g/g)	0.2635			0.4316			0.3844
mCO2, g/vessel	—			94.9	94.9	94.9	84.6	84.6	84.6