Crystalline and supermolecular structure evolution of poly(ethylene terephthalate) during isothermal crystallization and annealing treatment by means of wide and small angle X-ray investigations

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-276

  Canetti, Maurizio ^a   Bertini, Fabio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annealing; Isothermal crystallization; Poly(ethylene terephthalate); SAXS (small angle X ray scattering); WAXD (wide angle X ray diffraction)

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASE; AMORPHOUS PHASIS; ANNEALED SAMPLES; ANNEALING PROCESS; ANNEALING TREATMENTS; CRYSTAL REORGANIZATION; CRYSTAL THICKNESS; CRYSTALLINITIES; EQUILIBRIUM MELTING TEMPERATURE; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTHERMAL TREATMENT; LAMELLAR THICKNESS; MELTING TEMPERATURES; PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CRYSTALLIZATION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SUPERMOLECULAR STRUCTURES; THERMAL TREATMENT; WAXD (WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION); WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DATA; X-RAY INVESTIGATIONS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFRACTION; ETHYLENE; HEAT TREATMENT; ISOTHERMAL ANNEALING; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS;

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 73649085146     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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