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Deformation and bursting of droplets were observed in both of these flows, however, shearing flow was found unsuitable for quantitative studies, since the orientation of the optical axes in the carrier and suspended phases were not coaxial. Hot stage and dichroism studies indicated that crystallization occurs in the suspended phase in the four roller mill, at temperatures above which quiescent crystallization would occur. In-situ birefringence measurements were made and initial crystallization rates were determined and found to depend upon both stress and strain in the deforming droplet. This was very suggestive of a viscoelastic phenomenon, not simply, a nucleation and growth controlled mechanism, thus the separability, of flow effects and nucleation and growth crystallization, is brought into question by this complex behavior. 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