ISSN:
0098-1273
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
After flowing in a dilatometer bulb for a small fraction of the duration of the transformation, a relaxed melt of poly(ethylene oxide) (M̄n = (5.9 ± 0.1) × 103) showed marked increases in isothermal crystallization rate. The extent of increase was greater when flow was imposed at modestly later stages rather than at the earliest stage of a crystallization. Kinetic parameters for the flow-induced crystallizations were obtained via modification of the conventional mathematical treatment of the kinetics of phase change, thereby allowing the analytical resolution of the overall process into flowinduced and quiescent components. Determination of the flow-induced crystallization parameters required independent determination of the kinetic parameters for quiescent crystallizations at that temperature. The Avrami exponents nf which characterized the flow-induced portions of the crystallizations were larger for those instances in which flow was imposed at the more advanced stages of the crystallizations, thus indicating a transition in crystallization mechanism. It is suggested that prior crystallinity present at the time of flow contributed to the crystallization by serving as a source of nucleation sites. However, in light of the experimental procedure employed, values of nf approximating 4 that were obtained are not susceptible to mechanistic interpretations now extant.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1975.180130604
