Abstract
AbstractThe effects of flow history, processing temperature, and exit draw ratio have been studied for a poly(vinylidene fluoride) resin. Quantification of the stress fields and flow kinematics were described in Part I while, in this publication, attention has been addressed to the evaluation of film properties. Hot‐stage and differential scanning colorimetry (DSC) analyses were used to characterize the thermal behavior; polarized light optical microscopy and electron microscopy were used to characterize the morphology; Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and wide‐angle x‐ray scattering (WAXS) were used to evaluate crystal structure; and mechanical testing was used to evaluate tensile properties. Extensional melt stresses on the order of 1.4 × 106 dyne/cm2 were necessary to induce row‐nucleated crystallization in undrawn samples, and in all cases, preorientation of the melt by extensional flow enhanced the efficiency of the α → β transformation with drawing. The various transformations on drawing were as follows: unoriented α to oriented superheatable α phase for draw ratio (DR) < 5; transformation from α to β phase for 5 < DR ≤ 25; transformation to more highly oriented α and β phases, DR > 25.
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