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The crystallization behavior of the metastable melts of poly(ethylene terephthalate) from the multiple melting process
Author(s) -
Tan Susheng,
Su Aihua,
Li Weihua,
Zhou Enle
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3927(19980101)19:1<11::aid-marc11>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - metastability , crystallization , nucleation , materials science , crystallinity , ethylene , kinetics , thermodynamics , melting point , poly ethylene , crystallization of polymers , crystal (programming language) , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , catalysis , computer science , engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
During heating of semicrystalline PET, a metastable melt forms far below the equilibrium melting temperature. Crystallization kinetics of this metastable melt is discussed on the basis of DSC results. From the metastable melt almost one‐dimensional growth of the crystal occurs through heterogeneous nucleation.