Research Article
Physical and Thermal Characterization of Alkali Treated Rice Husk Reinforced Polypropylene Composites
Table 5
TGA data of neat polypropylene, RH-PP composites at different compositions, and alkali treated rice husk filler.
| Samples | Degradation temperature °C | Final decomposition temperature °C | 1st stage | 2nd stage |
| Neat PP | 449.95 | — | 503.25 | 20% rice husk PP | 241.50 | — | 470.44 | 15% rice husk PP | 243.27 | — | 479.97 | 10% rice husk PP | 252.06 | — | 485.83 | 5% rice husk PP | 273.64 | 377.88 | 501.60 | Rice husk | 151.80 | 308.50 | 387.90 |
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