Polymer crystallization

by Jerold M. Schultz

"Polymer Crystallization takes the reader from the essential elements of polymer crystals through the interplay of industrial factors and crystallization kinetics and morphology. It is the first book since 1976 to update polymer crystallization and is the only text to cover microscopic as well as macroscopic practice. Beginning with the pioneering works the text illustrates what is known empirically about the structure and morphology of crystalline polymers and then examines factors (composition, temperature, concurrent strain) which act to modify the product. Kinetic theories of crystal nucleation, chain attachment to growing crystals, and the coupling of growth interface propagation and self-created fields are then treated. The development of crystallinity during injection molding and during fiber processing is also treated." "For anyone needing a thorough, up-to-date understanding of the dynamics of crystallization in polymers, Polymer Crystallization is an excellent and comprehensi