Axialite

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-001039",
  "term": "Axialite",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A multilayer crystalline aggregate in which lamellar crystals fan out from one shared edge, giving a sheaf-like object. It is anisotropic, unlike the spherulite, in which lamellae radiate from a point in all directions, and it is seen in polymers such as polyethylene crystallized from the melt at low supercooling.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "multilayer"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 82 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/axialite/"
}