Fracture of polypropylene : 1. The effect of molecular weight and temperature at low and high test speed

Polymer

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5467-5475

  Van Der Wal, A ^a   Mulder, J J ^a   Thijs, H A ^a   Gaymans, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fracture; Molecular weight; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFORMATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; IMPACT TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BRITTLE TO DUCTILE TRANSITION; IZOD IMPACT TESTS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0032187573     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(97)10278-6     Document Type: Article

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