Abstract
AbstractTwo linear polyethylene fractions (Mη, 11,260 and 100,000) and mixtures of these fractions have been isothermally crystallized from the melt under pressures up to 3000 atm. Characterization of individually crystallized fractions with transmission electron microscopy indicates that pressure can be used to produce a crystallite whose thickness is a measure of the chain length within it. Although the high molecular weight fraction yields spherulites containing individually varying lamellae thicknesses, the maximum thickness of each lamella is a measure of the chain length within it. Both electron micrographs and differential thermal analysis results show that crystallization of homogeneous mixtures of the high and low molecular weight fractions under high pressure results in a distinct fractionation and segregation according to molecular weight.
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