The effect of natural weathering on the mechanical, morphological and thermal properties of high impact polystyrene (HIPS)

Materials and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2303-2309

  Şahin, Tülin ^a   Sinmazçelik, Tamer ^a,b   Şahin, Şenol ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cold drawing; Fractography; High impact polystyrene; Natural weathering

Indexed keywords

DRAWING (FORMING); FRACTOGRAPHY; HARDNESS TESTING; IMPACT TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; WEATHERING;

COLD DRAWING; HIGH IMPACT POLYSTYRENE; MELT FLOW INDEX;

POLYSTYRENES;

DRAWING (FORMING); FRACTOGRAPHY; HARDNESS TESTING; IMPACT TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; WEATHERING;

EID: 34249325880     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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