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The microfocus X-ray beamline at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility has been used to investigate the variation in molecular orientation and crystallinity in the wall of a container fabricated from poly(ethylene terephthalate). Two-dimensional wide-angle X-ray scattering patterns were recorded and displayed in real time as the specimen was tracked across the incident X-ray beam enabling the measurement of textural changes to be made with a spatial resolution of ~2 μm.
Keywords: PET; X-ray diffraction; microfocus; orientation; crystallinity; wide-angle scattering; CCD detectors.