On the mechanisms of recrystallization after melting in semicrystalline polymers: The effect of the initial melt state

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics

Volumn 42 B, Issue 3-4 SPEC., 2003, Pages 677-685

  Al Hussein, Mahmoud ^a   Strobl, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization line; Crystallization mechanisms; iPS; Melting line; Melting recrystallization; sPP

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEATING; MELTING; X RAY SCATTERING;

ISOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE; MELTING CRYSTALLIZATION; MELTING LINE;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0041429158     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/mb-120021598     Document Type: Article

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