Abstract
An isotactic polypropylene film was stretched at 120 °C in poly(ethylene glycol) and thermally shrunk at various temperatures. Proton spin-lattice,T1, and spin-spin,T2, relaxation times were measured using a broad line pulse spectrometer operating at 19.8 MHz in the temperature range 40 °C–100 °C. The temperature ofT1 minimum shifts to higher temperatures and the value ofT1 minimum increases in magnitude as the stretching ratio is increased. In contrast the temperature ofT1 minimum shifts to lower temperatures as shrinkage is increased, whereas the value ofT1 minimum increases in magnitude because of the increase in crystallimty during shrinkage. T2a, the longestT1 associated with the mobile amorphous regions, increases during shrinkage, indicating that chain mobility in the amorphous regions increases substantially during shrinkage. It was found that an orientation function of the amorphous regions,fa, correlates well withT2a.
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