Journal of Polymer Science Part A General Papers · 1965 · 17 citations · 29 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials SciencePolymer ChemistryPolymer EngineeringPolymer MaterialsCrystallization ProcessesPolymer CharacterizationPolymer CrystallizationPolymer MorphologyPolymer PhysicsPolymer ProcessingCrystallizationCrystallization BehaviorCrystallization MechanismsMelt CrystallizationSpherulite FormationSpherulitesSpherulitic GrowthSpherulitic Morphology
Abstract Nylon 56 and nylon 96 polymers have been shown to crystallize in a number of spherulitic forms which are primarily dependent on the crystallization temperature. A variety of structural types have been reconciled within a general pattern of spherulitic crystallization behavior peculiar to “odd‐even” polyamides. Spherulite growth rates and spherulite morphology presented for most of these structures follow a consistent pattern. Crystalline platelets exhibiting single‐crystal properties have been grown from the melts of these polymers. The morphology of these platelets and spherulites is discussed in relation to the “transition stage” between single crystals and spherulites.
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