Melting temperature of networks formed from axially ordered chains

4 Melting temperature of networks formed from axially ordered chains 

According to Eq. (7.6), if the cross-linked units participated in the crystallization, a progressive increase in the isotropic melting temperature should result. Since this expectation is not observed it can be concluded that in this case also the cross-linkages still impede the crystallization process. However, if it is assumed that the nonconfigurational effects of the cross-links are the same for the two different 

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