Relationships between microstructure, fracture-surface morphology, and mechanical properties in ethylene and propylene polymers and copolymers

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2370-2382

  Lapique, Fabrice ^a,b   Meakin, Paul ^a   Feder, Jens ^a   JØssang, Torstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COPOLYMERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ETHYLENE HEXENE COPOLYMER; POLYETHYLENE HOMOPOLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER; PROPYLENE ETHYLENE COPOLYMER; SUPERMOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0034276501     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4628(20000912)77:11<2370::AID-APP5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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