Tensile strength elevation of brittle polymers by entanglements

Polymer

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 626-629

  Turner, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

brittle fracture; critical molecular weight; entanglements; glassy polymers; molecular weight; Strength

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS TESTING - TENSILE TESTS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BRITTLE POLYMERS; ENTANGLEMENTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0020115871     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0032-3861(82)90106-9     Document Type: Article

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