Title: cold crystallisation
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - cold crystallisation
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12748
Status: current

Definition
Polymer crystallisation brought about from a glass, from a liquid-crystalline state, or a state displaying a low degree of crystallinity at temperatures a little above the glass-transition temperature.

Note
Cold crystallisation is frequently observed if crystallisation was not completed before sample vitrification.

Related Terms
- glass: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12773
- vitrification: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12818

Source
- PAC, 2013, 85, 1017. 'Glossary of terms relating to thermal and thermomechanical properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1022 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-03-02)

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Citation: Citation: 'cold crystallisation' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12748
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