Shear-induced nonisothermal crystallization of low-density polyethylene

abstract

The effect of melt memory on the shear-induced nonisothermal crystallization of a low-density polyethylene melt is analyzed with a shear DTA instrument. The melt state responsible for the saturation of shear-induced isothermal crystallization was identified previously as the steady state in steady shear flows and the strain applied to the melt was identified as the controlling factor for that saturation. Here it is shown that the same strain that saturates the isothermal crystallization also saturates the shear-induced nonisothermal crystallization. Regardless of the cooling rate, the nonisothermal crystallization, starting from the same sheared melt temperature, saturates at the same strain. The contribution of the melt memory effect to the overall nucleation density is estimated, and it is concluded that the majority of nuclei results from the thermal-induced crystallization. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

keywords

FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYMER MELTS; SMALL-ANGLE; NUCLEATION; SCATTERING; PRECURSORS; RHEOMETER; DYNAMICS

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Polymer Science

authors

Zhang, WD; Martins, JA

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