Lath crystal

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-006483",
  "term": "Lath crystal",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A lamellar polymer crystal that is extended mainly along one of its two lateral dimensions, so it looks like a thin ribbon or strip. Its chain stems still cross the thin dimension at 45 to 90 degrees to the lamellar plane, as in any lamellar crystal. It differs from a fibrous crystal, which is long in one direction and short in both of the others.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "lamellar crystal"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 81 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/lath-crystal/"
}