Dissolution of Polyethylene Single Crystals in Xylene and Octadecane
- 1 October 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 39 (11), 4969-4973
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655894
Abstract
Solution temperatures in xylene and n‐octadecane of polyethylene single‐crystal aggregates were measured by differential scanning calorimetry. Crystals were irradiated to suppress morphological changes during the heating process. The measurements, as a function of reciprocal lamellar thickness, yield values for the equilibrium dissolution temperatures Td 0 and end surfacefree energy σ e of Td 0=113.7±1.2°C and σ e =93±8 erg/cm2 for dissolution in xylene, and Td 0=129.4±1.6°C and σ e =92±10 erg/cm2 for dissolution in octadecane.Keywords
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