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The low-angle light scattering for anisotropic disks (representing two-dimensi?nal polymer spherulites) is calculated for the cases of (1) the optic axis lying in the plane of the disk and ttlted .at the ~ngle {3 to the radius, (2) the optic axis rotating cylindrically about the radius thr~ug~ the angl: w while ~akmg a constant angle {3 to the radius where (a) w rotates randomly and (b) w vanes lmearly w1th the d1stance.r from the center of the disk and (3) affine deformation of the disk to an ellipsoid. For case (1) the scattenng pattern is shown to rotat~ azimuthally through the angle {3 from that previously.described where . .B=O° j~ agreement with experimental observations on polytetrafluoroethylene .. Case (2) 1S shown to pred1ct an az1mu~hal dependence of the wide-angle scattering maxima of a type expenmentally observed for banded spheruhtes. Case (3) predicts a deformation of the scattering pattern of a type observed for deformed polyethylene spherulites.

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