Isothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) under the influence of self-seeding nucleation

Frontiers of Chemistry in China

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-226

  He, Xingquan ^a   Xie, Demin ^a   Yang, Decai ^b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization kinetics; Poly(trimethylene terephthalate); Self seeding nucleation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247596048     PISSN: 16733495     EISSN: 16733614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11458-007-0045-1     Document Type: Article

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