The critical molecular weight for resisting slow crack growth in a polyethylene

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1809-1813

  Lu, Xici ^a   Ishikawa, Narumi ^b   Brown, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Nippon Zeon Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Critical molecular weight; Polyethylene; Slow crack growth

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

CRITICAL MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SLOW CRACK GROWTH;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 4243097473     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0488(19960730)34:10<1809::aid-polb12>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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