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One of the two types of gelation in a cyclohexane solution of poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) is caused by linking of growing spherulites which are nucleated from the one-phase solution. The mechanism is related to that of the spherulitic crystallization by using the Avrami equation. The rate of the crystallization can be estimated by a simple method which takes advantage of the variety of crystal morphology.
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Tanigami, T., En, K., Yamaura, K. et al. Gelation by Linking of Growing Spherulites in Poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) Cyclohexane Solution. Polym J 18, 31–34 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.18.31
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.18.31