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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 4 Thermo-physical properties of the Irvingia adhesive samples as determined by DSC and bTGA

From: Evaluation of Irvingia kernels extract as biobased wood adhesive

Sample

Tm (°C)

Tc (°C)

IDT (°C)

D1/2 (°C)

MRDT (°C)

IGN

38.1

18.7

142.4

320.1

340

IWN

36.9

14.3

145.3

306.8

230

IGC

39.2

20.3

139.1

472.0

480

IWC

40.8

20.3

136.0

467.5

460

IGE

36.9

14.8

141.0

436.5

460

IWE

36.1

13.1

126.9

385.0

460

IGG

36.4

14.0

142.5

402.9

460

IWG

36.5

13.0

138.3

422.6

460

IGLY

37.8

18.6

112.8

289.1

460

IWLY

36.5

10.9

132.8

276.0

480

  1. Tm melting temperature, Tc crystallization temperature, IDT initial decomposition temperature, D1/2 = 50 wt% decomposition, MRDT maximum rate of decomposition