Investigation of the variation in orientation and crystallinity in poly(ethylene terephthalate) containers using microfocus x-ray diffraction

Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-227

  Martin, C ^a   Mahendrasingam, A ^a   Fuller, W ^a   Harvie, J L ^b   Blundell, D J ^b   Whitehead, J ^b   Oldman, R J ^b   Riekel, C ^c   Engstrom P ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

CCD detectors; Crystallinity; Microfocus; Orientation; PET; Wide angle scattering; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031515290     PISSN: 09090495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0909049597004512     Document Type: Article

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