A study on the isothermal crystallization kinetics of aqueous solution of poly (vinyl methyl ether) (PVME)was carried out by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and optical microscopy respectively. IR spectra ofPVME solution were measured as a function of time under the isothermal crystallization conditions. With theprocess of crystallization, the phase of solution changes from transparent state to opaque one within around1-2 min for 40 or 45 wt % PVME sample, the C-H symmetric stretching bands (
s(CH
3)) shift to lowerwave number
2823 cm
-1. The red shift of
s(CH
3) absorption band was not observed in the transparentnoncrystallization area. Using the temperature jump method, we determined the growth rate of ice crystalbetween the glass transition temperature
Tg and the melting temperature
Tm. At the different crystallizationtemperatures
Tc, the different morphologies and dimension of ice crystal are also observed.