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Small Angle Scattering Study of Polyethylene Crystallization from Solutions

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Progress in Understanding of Polymer Crystallization

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 714))

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Crystallization of low molecular weight polyethylene from concentrated solutions has been studied using small angle neutron scattering (SANS). The detection sensitivity of the volume fraction degree of crystallinity is estimated to be 10-5, allowing for measuring the structure and kinetics during the very early stages of crystal growth. SANS spectra for both the early and late stages of crystallization can be satisfactorily interpreted with a lamellar crystal model; there is no evidence of diverging or spinodal-decomposition-like density fluctuations during the early stage of crystallization in polyethylene solutions. A possible explanation of the dominant wavevector in small angle x-ray scattering that led to the proposal of “spinodal decomposition” mechanism for early stage crystallization is suggested.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 49931, Houghton, MI

    Howard Wang

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  1. CNRS-UHA, Institut de Chimie des Surfaces et Interfaces (ICSI), 15 rue Jean Starcky, 68057, Mulhouse Cedex, France

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  2. Fakultät für Physik und Mathematik, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, 79104, Freiburg, Germany

    Gert R. Strobl

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Wang, H. (2007). Small Angle Scattering Study of Polyethylene Crystallization from Solutions. In: Reiter, G., Strobl, G.R. (eds) Progress in Understanding of Polymer Crystallization. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 714. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47307-6_10

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