Bond scission in a perfect polyethylene chain and the consequences for the ultimate strength

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 9098-9108

  Hageman, J C L ^a   De Wijs, G A ^a   De Groot, R A ^a,b   Meier, Robert J ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT TREATMENT; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; QUANTUM THEORY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRAIN RATE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BOND SCISSION;

PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

EID: 0034318046     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma000682a     Document Type: Article

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