A growing 2D spherulite and calculus of variations Part II: A 2D spherulite of polypropylene in a linear temperature field

Authors :: G. E. W. Schulze
T. R. Naujeck
Source :: Colloid and Polymer Science. 269:695-703
Publication Year :: 1991
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1991.
Abstract: A 2D spherulite grows in a linear-temperature field from a nucleus of polypropylene at (0,0). The growth lines and the growth fronts are computed by the calculus of variations. The agreement between theory and experiment is satisfactory

Subjects :: Polypropylene
Materials science
Polymers and Plastics
Field (physics)
Kinetic model
Mineralogy
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
chemistry
Spherulite
law
Materials Chemistry
Calculus of variations
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Crystallization
Composite material

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