Molecular dependence of the essential and non-essential work of fracture of amorphous films of poly(ethylene-2,6-naphthalate) (PEN)

Polymer

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 6301-6310

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

^a INSTITUT FÜR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH   (Germany)

^b EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential work of fracture; Molecular weight; Poly(ethylene naphthalate)

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

CHAIN ENTANGLEMENTS; NECKING PHASE; POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATES;

PLASTIC FILMS;

PLASTIC; POLY(ETHYLENE 2,6 NAPHTHALATE); POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FILM; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY; WORK;

EID: 0342493323     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(99)00866-6     Document Type: Article

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