Sealing and mechanical behaviors of expanded PTFE gasket sheets characterized by PVRC room temperature tightness tests

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 180-196

  Huang, James ^a   Lee, Walter ^b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Inertech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC SHEETS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SEALING (CLOSING);

GASKET SHEETS;

GASKETS;

EID: 0035254690     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-0584(00)00353-9     Document Type: Article

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