The effects of specimen size and testing conditions on fracture toughness evaluation of polypropylene homopolymer

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1803-1814

  Santarelli, Edgardo ^a   Frontini, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

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EID: 0011493798     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10877     Document Type: Article

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