Toughened nylons: A fracture mechanics investigation

Advanced Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1207-1211

  Huang, Donald D ^a   Wood, Barbara A ^a   Flexman, Edmund A ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; BRITTLENESS; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; NYLON POLYMERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YIELD STRESS;

DUCTILE-BRITTLE TRANSITION; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE RUBBER; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE RUBBER; IZOD TESTING; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0032180798     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4095(199810)10:15<1207::AID-ADMA1207>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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