Physical aging kinetics of syndiotactic polystyrene as determined from creep behavior

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1459-1468

  Beckmann, Jorg ^a   McKenna, Gregory B ^a   Landes, Brian G ^b   Bank, David H ^b   Bubeck, Robert A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CREEP; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION; MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENES;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0031234954     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.11793     Document Type: Article

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