Thermal decomposition behavior of Poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) and PLLA composites after different heat treatment were investigated using thermogravimetric analysis. Firstly, the thermal decomposition results of neat PLLA showed that the decomposition of PLLA was a first-order kinetic reaction, and thermal decomposition kinetics indicated that the heat treatment significantly affected activation energy of thermal decomposition of PLLA. The measurement results also exhibited that the onset decomposition temperature of PLLA treated below 115°C was lower than that of the pristine PLLA. Then, the effect of additive CaCo3 on the thermal decomposition behavior of PLLA was evaluated. The addition of CaCo3 could significantly improve the crystallization performance of PLLA, but the CaCo3 did not change the decomposition trend of PLLA, and the thermal decomposition behavior of PLLA/CaCo3 composites after isothermal heat treatment was similar to that of PLLA. However, the thermal decomposition activation energy of PLLA/CaCo3 is lower than that of PLLA.
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