Abstract
Isothermal crystallization behavior after partial or complete melting of syndiotactic polypropylene was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). On partial melting, the total concentration of predetermined nuclei was found to decrease with increasing fusion temperature and increasing time period that the sample spent at a specific fusion temperature. A significant effect of the rate of heating to the fusion temperature was also observed. On complete melting, the total concentration of predetermined nuclei was found to approach a constant value, which is the concentration of infusible heterogeneous nuclei (e.g., impurities, catalyst residues) present originally in the sample. At a specific fusion temperature, the concentration of predetermined athermal nuclei was found to decrease exponentially with the time period spent in the melt. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 75: 337–346, 2000
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