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Increasing the optical anisotropy of polyethylene spherulites

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The authors show that in some cases chemical modification leads to an increase in the optical anisotropy of polyethylene spherulites; this phenomenon can be used to obtain additional information on the structure and growth of the spherulites.

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  1. L. S. Koretskaya
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  2. V. F. Stepanov
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  3. T. I. Tkachenko
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  4. É. G. Il'ina
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Institute of the Mechanics of Metal-Polymer Systems, Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian SSR, Gomel'. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 343–344, March–April, 1974.

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Koretskaya, L.S., Stepanov, V.F., Tkachenko, T.I. et al. Increasing the optical anisotropy of polyethylene spherulites. Polymer Mechanics 9, 295–297 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00855052

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