Relevance of the femtolaser notch sharpening to the fracture of ethylene-propylene block copolymers

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1896-1907

  Salazar, A ^a   Rodriguez J ^a   Segovia, A ^b   Martinez A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethylene propylene block copolymer; Femtolaser sharpening; Fracture toughness; Razor sharpening

Indexed keywords

BULK SAMPLES; ELASTIC-PLASTIC FRACTURE; ESSENTIAL WORK OF FRACTURE; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE BLOCK COPOLYMERS; FEMTOLASER SHARPENING; FEMTOSECOND LASER ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; LINEAR-ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; POST-YIELDING; RAZOR BLADES; RAZOR SHARPENING;

ABLATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRACK TIPS; ETHYLENE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PROPYLENE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77956191737     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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