Fracture behavior of quenched poly(lactic acid)

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Gamez Perez J ^a   Velazquez Infante, J C ^a   Franco Urquiza, E ^a   Pages, P ^a   Carrasco, F ^b   Santana, O O ^a   Maspoch, M Ll ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Essential work of fracture (EWF); Mechanical properties; Physical aging; Poly(lactic acid) PLA

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650287441     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2011.9     Document Type: Article

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