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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

10. Polymer Crystallization

Author : Wenbing Hu

Published in: Polymer Physics

Publisher: Springer Vienna

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Abstract

Crystalline states offer hardness and toughness necessary to polymer materials. The liquid crystalline state sometimes occurs as a stable or metastable mesophase during phase transitions. The mean-field lattice theory predicts the properties of equilibrium melting points. The intramolecular nucleation model describes the initiation and growth of chain-folded lamellar crystals. The final metastable morphology of crystallites is controlled by both the crystal nucleation and growth. The Avrami equation is commonly employed to treat the time evolution of crystallinity, even during nonisothermal crystallization processes.

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Metadata
Title
Polymer Crystallization
Author
Wenbing Hu
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Book
Polymer Physics

Print ISBN: 978-3-7091-0669-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-7091-0670-9

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0670-9_10

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