Crystallization behavior of melt-blended polypropylene (PP)/single wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) composites has been studied using optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Polypropylene containing 0.8 wt% SWNT exhibits faster crystallization rate as compared to pure polypropylene. PP/SWNT fibers have been spun using typical polypropylene melt spinning conditions. The PP crystalli...

The properties of a polymer are strongly influenced by its morphology. In the case of fibers from semicrystalline polymers this consists of the degree of crystallinity, the spacing and alignment of the crystalline regions, and molecular orientation of the polymer chains in the amorphous regions. Information on crystallinity and orientation can be obtained from X-ray analysis. In-situ X-ray char...

residual stresses resulting from rapid quenching of molten metal in melt spinning process can be removed by structural relaxation of samples at temperatures lower than the crystallization temperature in order to improve the magnetic properties. in this research, amorphous fe78si9b13 ribbons (metglas 2605s2 used in transformer cores) with the thickness of 26 µm were prepared by chill block melt ...