
21Valorization of Agricultural By-Products in Poly(Lactic Acid)
pieces have areas below 30 × 10
4
µm
2
(Domain I) whereas LRH contains only 25.7%
and (2) 71.6% of LRH husk pieces have areas between 30 × 10
4
and 100× 10
4
µm
2
(Domain II) whereas WH2 contains only 43.3%. This could be due to the higher
stiffness of wheat peduncles when compared with rice. The higher initial length
of WH2 could explain the higher number of large pieces more than 100 × 10
4
µm
2
corresponding to (Domain III) compared with LRH.
2.2.1.4 Biocomposite Properties
2.2.1.4.1 Thermal Properties
Study of the thermal behavior of biocomposites is performed using a Perkin-Elmer ...