Role of an active environment of use in an environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR) test in stretched polyethylene: A vibrational spectroscopy and a SEM study

Polymer

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1629-1636

  Lagarón, José M ^a,b   Pastor, José M ^b   Kip, Bert J ^a  

^a DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active Environment; Environmental Stress Crack Resistance (ESCR) tests; IR microscopy; SEM

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRAZING; DEFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ACTIVE ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CRACK RESISTANCE (ESCR) TESTS;

POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE;

BLEND;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; POLYMERIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033102162     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00406-6     Document Type: Article

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