1. aHerein we use Khanna and Taylor’s(1b)modified form of the Avrami equation which, after slight rearrangment of eq1in the main text, is α = 1 − exp{−(kt)n}. This form allowskto be in units of time−1and is recommeded by Khanna and Taylor(1b)as well as by Galwey,(1c)although it is not preferred by others(1d)(albeit only for reasons that are a matter of preference in the final analysis(1d)). The original Avrami equation is α = 1 − exp{−k′tn}. These two equations are equivalent ifk′ =kn, although the use of these two equations does cause confusion in the solid-state kinetics literature since the resultantkandk′ have different values and units. Of interest and relevance to the present study is that Khanna and Taylor’s modified Avrami equation was proposed in at attempt to make the resultant parameters one obtains closerto being physically relevant/reasonablefor industrial polymer crystallization data.(1b)
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