The effect of supercooling of the melt on the semicrystalline morphology of PA 66

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 655, Issue , 2017, Pages 313-318

  Gohn, Anne M ^a,b   Rhoades, Alicyn M ^a   Wonderling, Nichole ^b   Tighe, Tim ^b   Androsch, René ^c  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal morphology; Crystal nucleation; Crystal polymorphism; Crystallization; Fast scanning chip calorimetry; Polyamide 66

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS TRANSITION; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; POLYMORPHISM; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; CRYSTAL POLYMORPHISM; FAST SCANNING; POLYAMIDE 66;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 85026770593     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2017.07.012     Document Type: Article

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