Temperature Effects on Saturation of Flow-Enhanced Nucleation

IntroductionIn melt-processing of semicrystalline polymers, flow-induced crystallization is inevitable. Understanding ofthis phenomenon is required for process optimization.Flow-enhanced nucleation (FEN) is considered here.Model ofFENkineticsThe nucleation rate depends on the number of quiescentand flow-induced precursors (FIPs) available:N_