The gel-melting temperatures of branched polyethylene-cyclohexane-carbon disulfide gels were measured. Branched polyethylenes having a different number of long-branching points were used. The reciprocal of the gel-melting temperature is a linear function of the logarithm of the polymer concentration. A theory which predicts the gel-melting temperature of branched crystalline copolymers is given. Analysis of the experimental data suggests that the size of the crystalline junction decreases with an increase in the number of long-branching points. KEY WORDS Sol-Gel Transition I Branched Polyethylene I Gel I Gel-Melting Temperature I Polyethylene I
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