ABSTRACT:Copolymers of vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and tetrafiuoroethylene (TeFE) with TeFE content ranging from 17.8 to 30."imol% were studied by thermal, dynamic mechanical, and thermally stimulated current measurements. Below the melting point, a small endotherm was observed in differential thermal analysis. Corresponding to the endotherm, a crystalline relaxation, designated as r;, was observed by mechanical measurements. It was inferred that the endotherm and the r; mechanical relaxation were due to the Curie transition. The Curie points of these copolymers were about 50 K lower than those of VDF-trifiuoroethylene (TrFE) copolymers with the same VDF content. In X-ray measurements, it was confirmed that these copolymers took the all-trans crystal structure similar to that of PVDF form I of which the crystal lattice expanded in aand b-axis directions and was disordered in the c-axis repeat in comparison with that for VDFTrFE copolymers. The Curie temperature for poled samples increased by