1.   The second stage is the growth of the crystalline region, the size of which is governed by the rate of addition of other chains to the nucleus.

2.   At low crystallization temperatures the nucleation density in the rubber melt is high, segmental diffusion rates are low, and small imperfect crystalline regions are formed.

3.   The formation of stable crystalline regions in a polymer requires that,

4.   The whole structure was thus made up of crystalline regions imbedded randomly in a continuous amorphous matrix.

5.   The tailing of the curve is a result of a secondary crystallization process which is a slower reorganization of the crystalline regions to produce more perfectly formed crystallites.