Molecular weight and crystallization temperature effects on poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) homopolymers, an isothermal crystallization analysis

Polymers

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 583-600

  Baldenegro Perez, Leonardo A ^a   Navarro Rodriguez, Damaso ^b   Medellin Rodriguez, Francisco J ^c   Hsiao, Benjamin ^d   Avila Orta, Carlos A ^b   Sics, Igors ^d  

^a CENTRO DE INGENIERÍA Y DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isothermal crystallization; PET; Secondary crystallization; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYPROPYLENES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); SECONDARY CRYSTALLIZATION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGES; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ISOTHERMS;

EID: 84899580470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym6020583     Document Type: Article

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