G. Schuur, Member of the staff of the Rubber-Stichting: Some Aspects of the Crystallization of High Polymers Rubber-Stichting, Communication No. 276.

1955, 82 Seiten mit 35 Bildern. Taschenbuch, Paperback.

Some general remarks about crystallization - Crystallization of monomeric substances - Liquid crystals - Crystallization of high polymers - The second-order transition point - Survey of the literature about spherulites in high polymers. - The discovery of spherulites - The structure of spherulites - The growth and the melting of spherulites - Former explanations of the formation of spherulites - The mechanism of crystallization - The "auto-orientation" of macro-molecules during crystallization - The formation of normal spherulites - The structure of special spherulites - The absence of spherulites in high polymers - The continuity of the crystal-lattice in high polymers - Some preliminary remarks - The continuity of the crystal-lattice within a spherulite - The continuity of the crystal-lattice in oriented fibres - The continuity of the crystal-lattice in stretched rubbers - The occurrence of crystallites - The rate of crystallization and the melting range of high polymers - The crystallization curves - The melting of natural rubber - The crystallization of emulsions of polymers - The prospects of a mathematical formulation of the crystallization and melting of high polymers - Suggestions for a further investigation into the crystallization of high polymers - Summary - References.