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The rate at which PTFE transforms from the triclinic to the hexagonal phase has been measured under isothermal conditions. Samples in a series of decreasing density and crystallinity show increased isothermal rates of transformation. Observed kinetic data are interpreted on the basis of a modified Avrami‐Johnson‐Mehl treatment. A model for the transformation in which planes of helix‐hand reversal propagate through the lattice is shown to fit the experimental results. The transformation rate is observed to be proportional to the total (001) surface area in the polytetrafluoroethylene specimens, suggesting that nucleation of the transformation takes place at grain boundaries.
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