Small-angle light scattering and crystallization processes in solid polymer films |
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Authors: | Robert J. Samuels |
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Abstract: | Information, not previously measurable, about the internal crystallization processes occurring within spherulitic films can now be obtained by combining refractive index, birefringence, and small-angle light-scattering measurements. The surroundings of a spherulite in a solid film are composed of both the adjacent spherulites and their interstices (boundaries), and it is shown that different crystallization processes can occur in each of these regions. Upon annealing a quenched isotactic polypropylene film, the rate of crystallization within the interstices of the space-filling spherulites is observed to be greater than the rate of crystallization within the spherulites themselves. |
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