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IT is known that amorphous polyethylene terephthalate may be crystallized by treatment with certain organic liquids1. With the polymer in the form of a film the process is accompanied by the appearance of opalescence, generally attributed to sub-microscopic spherulites, and is a function of time, temperature and film thickness2. In these investigations the thickness was at least equal to 2 × 10−2 cm. On extension of the work to include thinner films, it was observed that not only was there an increase of opalescence on treatment with a typical liquid such as acetone but also that after a certain time, afterwards referred to as an induction period, an almost opaque front was seen to move across the sample.
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COTTAM, L., SHELDON, R. A Secondary Process in the Liquid-induced Crystallization of Polyethylene Terephthalate. Nature 199, 902 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199902a0
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