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Determination of intrinsic birefringence values of polycaprolactone filaments
Author(s) -
Krishnanand Kumar,
Deopura Basanti L.,
Gupta Bhuvanesh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.4304
Subject(s) - crystallinity , amorphous solid , birefringence , polycaprolactone , materials science , moduli , composite material , crystallography , polymer , optics , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Intrinsic birefringences of polycaprolactone filaments are determined using the approach suggested by Samuels. First, intrinsic lateral moduli are determined from the values of crystallinity and sonic moduli of unoriented filaments. These values are found to be 3.473 GPa and 0.071 GPa, respectively, for crystalline and amorphous regions. The crystallinity, sonic moduli and crystalline orientation function of drawn and heat set filaments are used to evaluate amorphous orientation functions. Finally, Stein and Norris's equation along with birefringence data is used to obtain intrinsic birefringence values of crystalline and amorphous regions and these values are found to be 0.079 ± 0.002 for crystalline regions and 0.066 ± 0.008 for amorphous regions. Copyright © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry