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THz-Spectroscopy on High Density Polyethylene with Different Crystallinity

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The different crystallinity states of high density polyethylene (PE-HD) are investigated using THz time-domain spectroscopy by exploiting the complex permittivity at a frequency range from 0.5 up to 3.5 THz. We found that samples with different crystallinity can be distinguished by comparing the material specific refractive index (n) or rather the linked complex part of the permittivity (∈ ′ ′). Correlating the calorimetrically determined degrees of crystallinity with the absolute values of the refractive index and the specific absorption peak at 2.18 THz, respectively, suggests in both cases a linear correlation.

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    Stefan Sommer, Bernd M. Fischer & Martin Koch

  2. Biomaterials & Polymer Science Department of Biochemical & Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund, 44221, Dortmund, Germany

    Thomas Raidt, Frank Katzenberg & Jörg C. Tiller

  3. French-German Research Institute Saint-Louis, 5 rue du Général Cassagnou, 68301, Saint-Louis, Cedex, France

    Bernd M. Fischer

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Sommer, S., Raidt, T., Fischer, B.M. et al. THz-Spectroscopy on High Density Polyethylene with Different Crystallinity. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 37, 189–197 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-015-0219-8

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