ISSN:
0959-8103
Keywords:
poly(butylene terephthalate)
;
melting behaviour
;
morphology
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
A detailed description of the morphology and the complex melting behaviour of poly(butylene terephthalate) crystallized isothermally from the melt is presented. Triple, double, or single melting endotherms can deliberately be obtained by varying the heating rate in the differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). At low crystallization temperatures, Tc, triple melting endotherms were seen when the specimen was scanned at 10°C/min, while at high Tc a single endotherm was seen. In the case of the triple melting peaks, the first endotherm corresponds to melting of the imperfect crystals formed at the crystallization temperature. The second endotherm originates from melting of the perfect crystals in the initial distribution, and to some recrystallized meterial. The third endotherm is due to melting of the original crystalline material reorganized during the DSC scan. A detailed morphological study of the isothermally crystallized samples by electron microscopy showed that dominant and subsidiary lamellae in the spherulitic structure are related to perfect and imperfect crystals, respectively.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pi.1995.210370106
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