Density of heterogeneous and homogeneous crystal nuclei in poly (butylene terephthalate)

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 180-189

  Androsch, René ^a   Rhoades, Alicyn Marie ^b   Stolte, Isabell ^a   Schick, Christoph ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal morphology; Crystallization; Nucleation density; Poly (butylene terephthalate)

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; NUCLEATION; SUPERCOOLING; X RAY SCATTERING;

CRITICAL COOLING RATE; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; HIGH TEMPERATURE CRYSTALLIZATION; LOW-TEMPERATURE CRYSTALLIZATION; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATION DENSITIES; POLY (BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE);

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84923386109     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2015.02.013     Document Type: Article

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