Determination and comparison of the plane stress essentialwork of fracture of three polyesters PET, PPT and PBT

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-154

  Vincent, L ^a   Connolly, S N ^a   Dolan, F ^b   Willcocks, P H ^c   Jayaweera, S A A ^a   Pendlebury, R ^d  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Medtronic AVE   (Ireland)

^c ICI   (United Kingdom)

^d Boston Scientific   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Essential work of fracture (EWF); Polyesters; PPT

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; THIN FILMS;

DOUBLE EDGE NOTCHED TENSION (DENT); ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE (EWF); POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PBT); POLYPROPYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PPT);

POLYESTERS;

EID: 33749337109     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-006-7595-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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