Abstract
AbstractFollowing some early rudimentary results on shear‐induced crystallization of polybutene‐1 (1, 2), the present paper contains more detailed results. In the course of this work the origins of the highly oriented crystalline surface layers, as well known from injection molded samples, are more closely investigated. For the purpose, a special extrusion experiment is used, in which melts of various degrees of undercooling are moved through a duct of large aspect ratio. When, after the release of the pressure at the die entry, a quench of the duct to a temperature far below the melting point is delayed, a relaxation phenomenon is observed, in accordance with the experiences with i‐PP. From these experiments one learns that the leading parameter of the process is something like the mechanical work done per unit volume, and that the relaxation time increases with decreasing temperature much faster than the viscosity of the melt. The results are qualitatively in excellent agreement with our previously obtained results for polypropylene.
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