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JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 327-349Publisher
JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1122/1.1835342
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Shear-induced crystallization behavior of three grades of PB-1 having different molecular weights and breadths of molecular weight distribution was investigated by means of rotational rheometry covering a shear rate range of 0.0001 up to 0.3 s(-1) and temperatures between 99 degreesC and 107 degreesC. The up-shoot in viscosity after a certain time is used to define an onset time ton for both quasiquiescent and shear-induced crystallization. The Plot Of ton versus the shear rate can be converted into a temperature-invariant curve by dividing the y axis by quiescent onset time t(on,q) and multiplying the x axis by the square root of t(on,q). The shape and location of the T-invariant curves for the three PB-1 samples are compared with respect to their molecular parameters. An additional normalization step by multiplying the abscissa by the square root of the characteristic retardation time of the melt yields a dimensionless representation of the T-invariant curve. Furthermore, by this procedure the three curves are shifted into one region, where they have the same threshold value, indicating the onset of shear-induced crystallization. A connection of this T-invariant curve to the morphology of the crystallites formed are addressed. (C) 2005 The Society of Rheology.
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