Application of percolation model on the brittle to ductile transition for polystyrene and polyolefin elastomer blends

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-43

  Guo, Z ^a   Fang, Z ^a   Tong, L ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brittle to ductile transition (BDT); Percolation phenomenon; Polymer blends and alloys; Polyolefin elastomer (POE); Polystyrene (PS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455128872     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.8     Document Type: Article

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