Nucleation effects of two silicate nucleating agents, attapulgite and diatomite, on the crystallization of polyoxymethylene (POM), were studied by means of differential scanning calorimetry and polarized optical. microscopy. The crystallization kinetics of POM with and without nucleating agents was analyzed by means of two isothermal crystallization kinetic equations through the crystallization thermograms. Compared with virgin POM, POM with nucleating agents of attapulgite and diatomite decreased the spherulitic size of POM and interfacial free energies per unit area perpendicular sigma (e). The crystallization growth rate was accelerated because of nucleating agents as well.