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FIGURE 4.5
Successive stages in the development of a spherulite by fanning growth from a nucleus.
Branched fibrils with polymer
chains folded at right angles
to long axis
Interfibrillar
material, largely
amorphous
Single
crystal
nucleus
Spherulite
FIGURE 4.6
Basic structure of a polymer spherulite.
