Morphology and mechanical properties of crystalline polymers. I. Transcrystalline polyethylene

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Abstract
A multistep analytical method is described for relating morphology to mechanical properties in crystalline polymers. The analysis is carried out at several microscopic scale levels to permit detailed consideration of morphological structures at each level. As an example, the elastic constants of transcrystalline polyethylene are determined and, upon transformation into complex moduli, the results agree well with the dynamic mechanical measurements of Takayanagi and of Kwei et al.