Abstract:The melting of nascent and thermally treated super-high molecular weight polyethylene (SHMWPE) is investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Higher melting temperatures and enthalpies of the nascent and annealed samples are observed. The melting temperatures and enthalpies of melt crystallized SHMWPE is lower and depends on the temperature of thermal treatment. All melting properties are explained by presuming that the lamellar structure contains a high concentration of entangled tie macromolecules in amorphous regions formed during polymerization. It was supposed that the concentration of the entanglements and the stressed tie molecules are changed with the temperature of the thermal pretreatment.
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