On the measurement of the fracture resistance of polyacrylamide hydrogels by wire cutting tests

Polymer Testing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 455-465

  Baldi, Francesco ^a   Bignotti, Fabio ^a   Peroni, Isabella ^a   Agnelli, Silvia ^a   Ricc, Theonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fracture resistance; Hydrogels; Polyacrylamide (PAAm); Wire cutting

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL GELS; CYLINDRICAL SPECIMENS; EXPERIMENTAL SCHEME; FRACTURE TEST; HIGH STIFFNESS; MECHANICAL STIFFNESS; NOTCHED SPECIMENS; POLYACRYLAMIDE (PAAM); POLYACRYLAMIDE HYDROGELS; POLYACRYLAMIDES; POLYMER CONTENT; WIRE CUTTING; WIRE CUTTING TESTS;

FRACTURE TESTING; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GELS; STIFFNESS; WIRE;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84856784065     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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