Tear strength of ductile polyolefin films

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2202-2212

  Chang, A C ^a   Inge, T ^a   Tau, L ^b   Hiltner, A ^a   Baer, E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILITY; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

HIGH MELT STRENGTH POLYPROPYLENE; POLYOLEFIN FILM; TEAR RESISTANCE; TEAR STRENGTH; TEAR TEST;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0036863541     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.11110     Document Type: Article

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