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6
Lo
g
E
r
(10),N/cm
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Temperature,°C
after Arthur Tobolsky,Properties and structure of polymers (Wiley,1960)
Crystalline
Cross-linked
A
C
Lecture 4
Polymer Crystallinity
Example,Spherulites
See Figures 2.4 and 2.8 in McCrum,N.G,"Principles of polymer engineering"
New York,Oxford University Press,1997
See graphs of glass transition temperature in
Bicerano,Josef,Prediction of Polymer Properties.
New York,Marcel Dekker,2002