The determination of molecular orientation in uniaxially compressed PMMA by X-ray scattering

Mitchell, G.R. and Windle, A.H. (1983) The determination of molecular orientation in uniaxially compressed PMMA by X-ray scattering. Polymer, 24 (3). pp. 285-290. ISSN 0032-3861 doi: 10.1016/0032-3861(83)90264-1

Abstract/Summary

A procedure is presented for obtaining full molecular orientation information from wide angle X-ray scattering patterns of deformed non-crystalline polymers. The method is based on the analysis of experimental and calculated scattering patterns into their spherical harmonics. The results obtained for PMMA are compared with values predicted by the pseudo affine and affine deformation schemes.