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Table 4 Thermal degradation temperature at 2 wt% loss (Td,2%) and maximum degradation (Td,max) temperature of the PHAs

From: Production and characterization of two medium-chain-length polydroxyalkanoates by engineered strains of Yarrowia lipolytica

Sample

TGA (under nitrogen)

Td,2% (°C)

Td,max (°C)

PHA copolymer

204

225

PHA homopolymer

226

253