Abstract
Communication: Constitutive equations are derived for enthalpy recovery in glassy polymers after thermal jumps. The model is based on the theory of cooperative relaxation in a version of the trapping concept. It is demonstrated that a critical temperature Tcr and a critical degree of crystallinity fcr exist in a semicrystalline polymer above which structural relaxation vanishes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1238-1243 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Macromolecular Rapid Communications |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Materials Chemistry