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Analysis of experimental data on the temperature dependence of spherulitic growth rate from the melt for a number of linear, flexible-chain polymers has shown that the values of surface free energy of basal (fold-containing) face of a crystallization nucleus, σ2, quantitatively correlate with polymer packing coefficient in the crystalline state, Kc in virtually the whole range of variation of these parameters known so far. Also the preexponential term, G0, qunatitatively correlates with the “effective” free volume fraction, (va−vc)/va, where va and vc are polymer specific volume in the amorphous and crystalline states, respectively. A tentative mechanism of crystalline phase nucleation and growth in supercooled polymer melts is proposed which takes account of density fluctuations in the melt.
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Privalko, V. Dependence of Nucleation Parameters for Polymer Crystallization from the Melt on Chemical Nature of a Macromolecule. Polym J 10, 607–617 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.10.607
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