The melting and crystallization behaviors of PLA/olive pit composites
were studied by means of Differential Scanning Calorimetry
(DSC), PerkinElmer-Pyris 1 (USA), under flow conditions of dry gaseous
N2 as the purge gas. DSC measurements were performed within the
temperature range of 30–200 °C using 8.0 ± 0.1 mg of PLA and/or
PLA/olive pit composites sealed in special aluminum sample pans. The
samples were heated from 30 °C to 200 °C, kept at this temperature
for 3 min to completely eliminate any possible crystalline phase developed
and then cooled back to 30 °C.