Annealing effect on microhardness and elastic constants of PMMA

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-554

  Afifi, Hesham ^a   Hasan, Ebtisam ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Microhardness and critical intensity factors; Rigidity; Ultrasonic velocities; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELASTIC MODULI; MICROHARDNESS; RIGIDITY; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PULSE ECHO TECHNIQUE;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

ANNEALING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; ULTRASONICS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0142025279     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PPT-120023094     Document Type: Article

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