THE ROLE OF THE SKIN-CORE STRUCTURE IN THE AGEING OF SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS

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1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS VII
4. MORPHOLOGY: A SURVEY
5. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MORPHOLOGY OF CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS 3
6. INFLUENCE OF CHAIN DEFECTS ON THE PERFECTION OF LAMELLAR POLYMER CRYSTALS 27
7. ORGANIZATION IN MELT-CRYSTALLIZED POLYMERS 47
8. MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FRACTURE PHENOMENA 69
9. THERMAL HISTORY EFFECTS IN POLYBUTYLENE 87
10. RHEOLOGY-PROCESSING-PROPERTY-MORPHOLOGY RELATIONSHIP IN HETEROGENEOUS POLYMER BLENDS 103
11. ADVANCES IN INDIRECT METHODS OF POLYMER MORPHOLOGY CHARACTERIZATION 119
12. CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES
13. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CONFORMATION OF MACROMOLECULES AND THEIR STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS 141
14. CRYSTAL OF POLYMERS AND OF INTERCALATES WITH POLYMERIC HOST. RELATION BETWEEN MORPHOLOGY AND CHAIN CONFORMATION 153
15. THE CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE OF THE LINEAR GROWTH RATE G₁₁₀ IN A POLYETHYLENE SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWN FROM DILUTE SOLUTION 171
16. MELTING AND RECRYSTALLIZATION OP SURFACE GROWN POLY(ETHYLENE) CRYSTALS 179
17. EFFECT OF THE ADDITION OF POLYGLYCOL ON THE MELT CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLYPROPYLENE 189
18. THE STUDY OF CRYSTALLISATION BY TSD METHOD 197
19. QUANTUM INTERPRETATION OF THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY NUCLEATION RATE OF POLYMERS 205
20. QUANTUM INTERPRETATION OF THE SECONDARY NUCLEATION RATE AND THE REPTATION RATE THEORY - A COMPARATIVE STUDY 225
21. EQUILIBRIUM CRYSTALLINITY AND PHASE TRANSITION MECHANISM OF BULK POLYMERS OF LINEAR FLEXIBLE CHAIN MOLECULES 235
22. LIGHT EMISSION FROM A CRYSTALLIZING POLYMER 249
23. MORPHOLOGY OF POLYMERS AND BLENDS
24. 1. POLYOLEFINS
25. CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY AND MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS IN ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE AND ITS BLENDS 259
26. ORIENTATION IN INJECTION MOULDED POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMER 271
27. MORPHOLOGY OF DEFORMED POLYPROPYLENE 279
28. THE ROLE OF THE SKIN-CORE STRUCTURE IN THE AGEING OF SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS 297
29. CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF Y-IRRADIATED AND THERMAL TREATED POLYPROPYLENE 303
30. SELECTIVE ETCHING OF POLYOLEFINES. II. ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE, LINEAR AND BRANCHED POLYETHYLENE 309
31. STRUCTURE AND DEFORMATION OF POLYETHYLENE SPHERULITES 319
32. INFLUENCE OP MOLECULAR STRUCTURE ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS 329
33. MORPHOLOGY IN CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE 337
34. POLYPROPYLENE MORPHOLOGY IN BLENDS WITH POLYETHYLENE 347
35. SPIN DIFFUSION STUDIES OR MORPHOLOGY OF LINEAR POLYETHYLENE 355
36. HETEROGENEITY OF LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE AS STUDIED BY FRACTIONATION AND DSC 363
37. 2. OTHER POLYMERS
38. THE FORMATION OF PVC MORPHOLOGY AND ITS IMPORTANCE DURING SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING 371
39. THE EFFECT OF PROCESSING ON MORPHOLOGY OF HETEROGENEOUS POLYMER SYSTEMS 381
40. LAMELLAR TEXTURES IN MELT-CRYSTALLIZED POLYSTYRENE 387
41. THE DIFFERENT TSL BEHAVIOUR OF STATISTICAL AND BLOCK BUTADIENE - STYRENE COPOLYMERS 399
42. MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PRODUCTS OF STYRENE-BUTADIENE 1,3 '-POLYBUTADIENE COPOLYMERIZATION IN THE PRESENCE OF ZnCl₂ AND A NETWORK REAGENT 405
43. THE EFFECTS OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT ON THE MORPHOLOGY AND CRYSTALLIZATION OF CIS-1,4-POLYBUTADIENE 411
44. MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE MELTING OF POLYCAPROLACTONE/POLY (STYRENE-CO-ACRYLONITRILE) BLENDS USING SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 421
45. SYNTHESIS, MORPHOLOGY AND PROPERTIES OF RUBBER MODIFIED POLY (Ɛ-CAPROLACTAM) BY FAST IN SITU-POLYMERIZATION 427
46. MORPHOLOGY AND PHASE TRANSITIONS OF CRYSTALLINE POLYPHOSPHAZENES 435
47. MORPHOLOGY OF POLYCARBONATE CRYSTALLIZED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOLVENT VAPOURS 449
48. CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOUR OF POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTALATE) GLASSES WITH DIFFERENT ORIENTATION 457
49. RING SPHERULITE STRUCTURE IN POLYETHYLENE ADIPATE 463
50. FULLY ORIENTED CRYSTALLINE POLYACETYLENE OF NON-FIBROUS MORPHOLOGY 469
51. MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE COPOLYMER OF TRIOXAN WITH PHENYLGLYCIDYL ETHER 477
52. RECENT WAXS- AND TEM-RESULTS ON PHASE TRANSITION OF CELLULOSE 487
53. AGEING OP ORIENTED AND NON-ORIENTED CELLULOSE TRIACETATE UNDER HEAT TREATMENT 501
54. A STUDY ON CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF POLYGLYCINE I AND II AT LOW TEMPERATURE 509
55. THERMOTROPIC MAIN-CHAIN POLYESTERS 515
56. THE ROLE OF MESOMORPHIC STATE IN THE FORMATION OF STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF POLY(URETHANE METHACRYLATES) 521
57. 3. FAILURE BEHAVIOR
58. A ONE POLYMER COMPOSITE POLYETHYLENE FILM: FAILURE MORPHOLOGY 527
59. POSSIBILITIES OF THE ESTIMATION OF POLYMER MORPHOLOGY FROM FRACTURE SURFACES 541
60. THE ANALYSIS OF POLYURETHANE FRACTURE SURFACE BELOW ITS GLASS TRANSITION 549
61. FRACTURE SURFACE MORPHOLOGY OF CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITES 555
62. EFFECT OF MORPHOLOGY ON THERMOOXIDATION PROCESS OF SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS 563
63. TEXTURES
64. 1. FIBRES
65. MORPHOLOGY OP POROUS POLYPROPYLENE FIBRES 573
66. ENVELOPMENT OF HIGH STRENGTH POLY(ETHYLENE) FIBRES 585
67. THE HEAT CAPACITY AND THERMAL EXPANSIVITY OF ANNEALED POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) FIBERS 591
68. STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF PETP FIBRE DURING THE HEAT TREATMENT IN DIFFERENT MEDIA 601
69. RADIAL STRUCTURE DIFFERENTIATION OF PET FILAMENTS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE DYESTUFF DIFFUSION 607
70. MORPHOLOGY OF PET FIBRES IN A RANGE OF SPINNING SPEEDS 615
71. MORPHOLOGY AND VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF HIGHLY DRAWN POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE TEXTILE FIBRES 625
72. MORPHOLOGY OF METHYLAMINE-TREATED POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTALATE) FIBERS 631
73. INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURE ON THE CHANGES DURING HEAT TREATMENT AND PROPERTIES OF ACRYLIC FIBERS 639
74. INFLUENCE OF RADIATION GRAFTING OF ACRYLIC ACID ON SOME THERMOANALYTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYAMIDE FIBRES 645
75. 2. FILMS
76. THE INFLUENCE OF THE MORPHOLOGY OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS ON THEIR GAS PERMEABILITY 651
77. X-RAY STUDY OF FIBRILLATION OF POLYPROPYLENE FILMS 661
78. SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURE OF POLYBUTADIENE FILMS DURING DISSOLUTION 669
79. ELECTRIC FIELD-DEPENDENCE OP CRYSTALLINITY AND DIPOLE ORIENTATION IN POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE) 673
80. INFLUENCE OF THE CRYSTALLINITY ON THE CHARGE CARRIER PHOTOGENERATION IN POLY(N-VINYLCARBAZOLE) 681
81. CHARGE TRANSPORT IN THIN FILMS OF POLYVINYLCARBAZO LE N-VINYLCARBAZOLE 689
82. THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURE ON THE POLARIZATION CURRENTS IN POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) 699
83. 3. OTHER TEXTURES
84. PROBLEMS IN QUANTITATIVE TEXTURE INVESTIGATIONS OP POLYMERS AND AVERAGED PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 707
85. THE VISCOELASTICITY OF TEMPORARY POLYMER NETWORKS 717
86. ZONE DRAWING OF POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL) GELS 731
87. A MECHANISM OP SUPERMOLECULAR STRUCTURE FORMATION SUGGESTED FOR POLYASSOCIATED COMPLEXES OF GROUP I, III METAL ALKOXIDES 739
88. OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
89. PROGRESS IN POLYMER INVESTIGATIONS BY HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 749
90. THE MORPHOLOGY OF ION EXCHANGE RESINS AND OTHER FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS. COMMENT ON THE SYSTEMATIZATION AND THE TERMINOLOGY 757
91. A MODEL OF FREE VOLUME DISTRIBUTION OP AMORPHOUS POLYMERS AT GLASS TRANSITION 765
92. ABBREVIATIONS 777
93. AUTHOR INDEX 779
94. SUBJECT INDEX 781
95. Backmatter 798