ISSN:
0022-3832
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Oriented overgrowth of paraffin wax crystals, grown from solution, has been observed on the surface of cold-drawn strips of polyethylene and of polyethylene sebecate, but not on oriented gutta-percha, rubber, polyethylene terephthalate, or nylon. The distribution of the angles at which the platelike paraffin crystals lie on polyethylene has been measured. This is found to be narrower than the angular distribution of the crystalline regions in the polymer as a whole, as calculated from the x-ray diffraction pattern, suggesting that the crystallites in the polymer surface are more perfectly oriented than in the interior.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1951.120060402
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