A possible explanation for nonlinear spherulitic growth rates

Polymer

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 4969-4971

  Kit, Kevin M ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear growth rate; Numerical simulation; Polymer blend

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0032163176     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(97)10224-5     Document Type: Article

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