Chemical probe technique for assessing the susceptibility of polymeric mouldings to enviroment stress cracking

Polymer Testing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-265

  Maxwell, A S ^a   Turnbull, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DEFECTS; QUENCHING; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; WELDS;

CHEMICAL PROBING; ENVIRONMENT STRESS CRACKING (ESC);

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

EID: 0037400497     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(02)00089-2     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Turnbull A., Maxwell A.S., Pillai S. Residual stress in polymers - evaluation of measurement techniques. J. Mat. Sci. 34:1999;451-459.
2. ASTM D, 1939-84 Determining residual stress in extruded or molded acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) parts by immersion in glacial acetic acid.
3. Turnbull A., Maxwell A.S., Pillai S. Comparative assessment of slow strain rate, 4-pt. bend and constant load test methods for measuring environment stress cracking of polymers. Polym. Test. 19:2000;117-129.
4. ISO 527-2, Plastics - determination of tensile properties, 1966.
5. A.S. Maxwell, NPL environment stress cracking database, National Physical Laboratory, 1998.