0000000000231082
AUTHOR
J. M. Schultz
X-ray topographic study of solid-state polymerized poly-[1,2-bis-(p tolylsulphonyloxymethylene)-1-butene-3-inylene]
Local extinction contrast effects have been observed in macroscopic polymer crystals, using Berg-Barrett X-ray topography. Results from as-polymerized crystals indicate that the crystals are perfect enough for defect regions to be imaged. As-polymerized crystals exhibited apparent defects lying along [021]. [010] slip traces in the (100) surface of a crystal were imaged; the slip system here appears to be consistent with (h01) [¯10h], forh, l ≠ 0 and [010] the chain direction.
Rapid small-angle and wide-angle x-ray studies of crystallization behavior in polymers
Small-angle and wide-angle x-ray scattering measurements, using a position-sensitive detector, were made during melt-crystallization of linear polyethylenes and PEO–PS–PEO triblock copolymer. The scattering measurements indicated that the triblock copolymer grew by the enlargement of regions in which lamellae are regularly stacked. During primary crystallization at higher temperatures similar behavior is observed in two linear polyethylenes. At lower temperatures, changes in the shape of small-angle scattering curves during the primary stage of crystallization indicate that amorphous gaps within the lamellar stacking become filled in. During secondary crystallization at higher temperatures …