Origin, morphology and crystallography of transcrystallinity in polyethylene-based single-polymer composites

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 437-444

  Stern, T ^a   Marom, G ^a   Wachtel, E ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Morphology; Polyethylene; Processing conditions; Single polymer composites; Transcrystallinity

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENES; QUENCHING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AIR COOLING; ICE WATER QUENCHING; SINGLE POLYMER COMPOSITES; TRANSCRYSTALLINITY;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0030675198     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(96)00142-X     Document Type: Article

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