Table 4 Summary of the results from TGA for fungal fibers grown with Si

From: Development and characterization of novelly grown fire-resistant fungal fibers

Fiber type

Tonset (°C)

Tp (°C)

Kmax (%/s)

Tu (°C)

Kave** (%/s)

Residue at 800 °C (wt%)

FSi0

250

264

0.137

500

0.033

31.94

FSi1

310

340

0.046

500

0.031

40.77

FSi2

310

340

0.028

500

0.022

55.15

FSi3

190

200

0.030

500

0.019

57.77

FSi5

160

170

0.052

500

0.014

59.20

PP*

468

489

42.50

520

0.270

0.20

  1. *TGA results and residual weight of PP fibers are adapted from32.
  2. **Kave, the average thermal degradation rate, is defined as the average mass loss rate per second in the range between Tonset and Tu.
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