The equilibrium melting temperature and isothermal crystallisation kinetics of cyclic poly(butylene terephthalate) and styrene maleimide (c-PBT/SMI) blends

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1307-1315

  Samsudin, Sani A ^a,b   Kukureka, Stephen N ^b   Jenkins, Mike J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avrami analysis; Cyclic poly(butylene terephthalate) (c PBT); Equilibrium melting temperature; Hoffman and Weeks; Isothermal crystallisation kinetic

Indexed keywords

AVRAMI ANALYSIS; CYCLIC POLY(BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (C-PBT); EQUILIBRIUM MELTING TEMPERATURE; HOFFMAN AND WEEKS; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLISATION;

BUTENES; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; KINETICS; MELTING POINT; STYRENE;

ISOTHERMS;

EID: 84890116578     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-013-3111-6     Document Type: Article

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