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Thermal interactions in oriented polymeric materials: Shrinkage, crystallization, and melting
Author(s) -
Sun D. C.,
Magill J. H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.760292103
Subject(s) - shrinkage , materials science , tacticity , polystyrene , crystallization , differential scanning calorimetry , polymer , amorphous solid , composite material , crystallization of polymers , exothermic reaction , polypropylene , melting point , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , thermodynamics , polymerization , crystallography , chemistry , physics , engineering
Thermal analysis of oriented polymers involves several transitional processes which may be coupled in a complex way. The disorientation process that occurs during heating is often accompanied by dimensional shrinkage which may occur in both amorphous and crystalline oriented polymers. From differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements it has been determined that shrinkage is an exothermic process. In amorphous atactic polystyrene (PS), hot drawn uniaxially, the shrinkage occurs just above T g . In triaxially oriented polyethylene (PE) and isotactic polypropylene (iPP), shrinkage and melting take place concomitantly, producing multiple melting peaks. In rolltruded (and also in biaxially oriented) poly(ethyleneterephthalate) (PET) films, shrinkage and crystallization are found to be coupled and to occur between T g and T m upon heating. If the enthalpy contribution due to shrinkage is ignored, it follows that crystallinities determined by DSC are incorrect. In this study, the influence of shrinkage upon transitional changes in oriented polymers is investigated in a systematic manner.