Devitrification

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-003110",
  "term": "Devitrification",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The change of a polymer glass into a polymer melt, the reverse of vitrification. It is usually brought about by heating the glass through its glass-transition region or by exposing it to solvent liquid or vapour, which lowers the transition temperature. In inorganic glasses the same word instead means crystallization, a different process that in polymers is called cold crystallisation.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2013, 85, 1017. 'Glossary of terms relating to thermal and thermomechanical properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1024 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-03-02)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/devitrification/"
}