Characterization of the fracture toughness of rubber-toughened polypropylene thin plates

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2063-2071

  Marchal, Y ^a   Oldenhove, B ^a   Daoust, D ^a   Legras, R ^a   Delannay, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; RUBBER; TENSILE TESTING;

ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE (EWF) METHOD; PUNCTURE TESTS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0032290124     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10376     Document Type: Article

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