Crystallization of polymers at constant and high cooling rates: A new hot-stage microscopy set-up

Polymer Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-452

  Boyer, S A E ^a   Haudin, J M ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Constant and high cooling rates; Crystallization; Growth kinetics; Hot stage light depolarizing microscopy; Polymer

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT COOLING RATE; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLIZATION GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; GASEOUS FLOW; HOT-STAGE LIGHT-DEPOLARIZING MICROSCOPY; HOT-STAGE MICROSCOPY; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; SPHERULITE GROWTHS;

BIOACTIVITY; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DEPOLARIZATION; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGHT; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES;

COOLING;

EID: 77950857655     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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