Work of fracture and strain-induced cold crystallization behavior of amorphous copolyester sheets

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 671-678

  Karger Kocsis, J ^a   Moskala, E J ^b   Shang, P P ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous copolyesters; Cold crystallization; Cold drawing; Entanglement; Essential work of fracture; Modulated DSC; Necking

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COLD WORKING; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRAWING (FORMING); FRACTURE; GLASS TRANSITION; HARDENING; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; STRAIN RATE; TOUGHNESS;

COLD DRAWING; COPOLYESTERS; CYCLOHEXYLENEDIMETHYLENE;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 0035032461     PISSN: 14182874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010123617593     Document Type: Article

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