Toughness mechanism in semi-crystalline polymer blends: I. High-density polyethylene toughened with rubbers

Polymer

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2331-2346

  Bartczak, Z ^a   Argon, A S ^a   Cohen, R E ^a   Weinberg, M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Polyethylene; Semi crystalline polymer; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRITTLENESS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; RUBBER; TOUGHNESS; VOLUME FRACTION;

SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

COPOLYMER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS;

EID: 0033117407     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00445-5     Document Type: Article

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