Growth of melt

FIGURE 5.8 Crystallization growth of melt extruded iPP and iPP/MWCNT at different drawing length/ die diameter ratios studied by PLM. (a) Neat PP, draw ratio of 1. (b) Neat PP, draw ratio of 7. (c) iPP/0.3 wt% MWCNT, draw ratio of 1. (d) iPP/0.3 wt% MWCNT, draw ratio of 7. Arrows indicate agglomerates, circle indicates MWCNT orientation. (Adapted from Z. Hou et al, Polymer, 49, 2008, 3582-3589.)... 

Boyer L L 1985 Theory of melting based on lattice instabilities Phase Trans. 5 1 Cotteril R M J 1980 The physics of melting J. Crystal Growth 48 582... 

Fig. 13. Furnace reactor for the growth of HgCdTe films on CdZnTe substrates usiag the Hquid-phase epitaxial process. The melt is tellurium ia a quartz...

To be specific, we consider the two-dimensional growth of a pure substance from its undercooled melt in about its simplest form, where the growth is controlled by the diffusion of the latent heat of freezing. It obeys the diffusion equation and appropriate boundary conditions [95]... 

It seems quite obvious that introducing a solid filler into a polymer melt in the general case always leads to a growth of rigidity of a material. This is really so on the qualitative level. However, it is not at all obvious how this is reflected on the ability to high reversible (large elastic) deformations. 

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