| Abstract: | The crystallite sizes of α and β forms of nylon 6 along the chain axis were determined by Wallner's method. First the shifts of the maximum positions of meridional reflections from their ideal reciprocal-lattice positions were calculated for the various crystallite sizes. Second, using these relationships, crystallite sizes were estimated from the observed maximum positions of reflections. The estimated values agree well with those from the integral widths of reflections by the method of Hosemann and Wilke. |
