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Polylactic acid (PLA) for automotive applications

Authors: Delphine NOTTA-CUVIER, Amani BOUZOUITA, Jérémy ODENT, Rémi DELILLE, Marius MURARIU, Franck LAURO, Jean-Marie RAQUEZ, Grégory HAUGOU, Philippe DUBOIS

Publication date: September 10, 2018

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There are various ways of improving the material's thermal stability. One is to increase the crystallinity and/or crystallization rate of PLA-based compositions. As we saw in 3.3 , even a moderate increase in crystallinity can limit the softening of behavior with temperature. Annealing the material enables a significant...

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