Toughness behavior of gamma-irradiated polycarbonate

Polymer Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-322

  de Melo, Naylor Sardinha ^a   Pondé Weber, Ricardo ^a   Miguez Suarez, João Carlos ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ductile to brittle transition; Fracture; Gamma irradiation; Polycarbonate; Toughness

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYCARBONATES; TOUGHNESS;

BRITTLE TRANSITIONS; CARBONYL GROUPS; FAILURE MECHANISMS; GAMMA IRRADIATION DOSES; POLYCARBONATE SHEETS;

PLASTIC SHEETS;

EID: 33947659893     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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