ISSN:
0449-2978
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The change in x-ray diffraction intensity with time following rapid stretching by various amounts is measured for a low-density polyethylene sample at several temperatures. An appreciable decrease in intensity with time at the meridian of the diffraction from the 110 and 200 planes is observed to occur within the first 5 sec following stretching. The change takes considerably longer times at lower temperatures. By use of a calibration curve, the change in crystal orientation functions for the a, b, and c crystal axes were calculated, and an increase in c-axis orientation was shown. From the results of birerringence measurements on the same sample, the crystalline and amorphous contributions to birefringence were calculated. It was shown that stretching is initially accompanied by a greater amount of amorphous than crystalline orientation, and that relaxation involves an increase in crystalline orientation accompanied by a decrease in amorphous orientation.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1972.160100410
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