NONLINEAR KINETICS OF SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION, AND DISSOLUTION OF INHOMOGENElTIES FORMED BY SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION IN POLYMER BLENDS
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Nonlinear kinetics of both spinodal decomposition at early stages, and the dissolution of homogeneities formed during spinodal decomposition,is studied. Variation of the scattering intensity during a complete cycle consisting of a step temperature change from T i in the one-phase. region to T2 in the two-phase region, a period of spinodal decomposition followed by a temperature drop from T2 back to Ti, and the subsequent relaxation to the original equilibrium state, is investigated at various wavenumbers. Step temperature changes within one-phase region are also investigated.
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