Uniaxial deformation and orientation of ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene films

Polymer Testing

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1423-1435

  De Focatiis, Davide S A ^a,b   Gubler, Lorenz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elasticity; ETFE; Orientation; Uniaxial deformation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE LAMELLA; ELASTIC RECOVERY; ETFE; INITIAL ORIENTATION; MATERIAL RESPONSE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; UNIAXIAL DEFORMATION;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FILMS;

EID: 84885095046     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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