Thermoplastics are molded as viscous liquids. Injection molding and extrusion dominate, but all molding processes impose flow that can orientate the molecules; if the molding is cooled fast enough the alignment is frozen in (Figure 19.5).
If not, polymers mostly prefer to form an amorphous structure. In some polymers crystallinity may develop on slow cooling. All polymers shrink as the mold cools from the molding temperature to room temperature because of thermal contraction and the loss of free volume caused by crystallization. Allowance must be made for this when the mold is designed.
Materials
Engineering, Science,
Processing and Design
Michael Ashby, Hugh Shercliff and David Cebon
University of Cambridge,
UK
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