Guidelines for performing storage modulus measurements using the TA Instruments DMA 2980 three-point bend mode. I. Amplitude effects

Polymer Testing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-164

  Lee Sullivan, Pearl ^a   Dykeman, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL TESTING;

THREE-POINT BENDING;

POLYCARBONATES;

EID: 0034517116     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(98)00083-X     Document Type: Article

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