Research Article
Effect of Gamma Irradiation on Structural and Biological Properties of a PLGA-PEG-Hydroxyapatite Composite
Table 3
Glass transition and melting temperature of irradiated and nonirradiated copolymer samples along with total energy for them.
| Copolymer property | Nonirradiated copolymer | 25 KGy irradiated copolymer | 50 KGy irradiated copolymer |
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(glass transition temperature) | 27.3°C | 26.7°C | 25.9°C | (melting temperature) | 39.6°C | 38°C | 37.3°C | (heat of glass transition) | −4.83 mw/mg | −3.24 mw/mg | −6.27 mw/mg | (heat of melting) | −7.4 mw/mg | −5.15 mw/mg | −11.41 mw/mg |
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