Determination of craze initiation stress in very small polymer specimens

A miniature test method is presented for measuring craze initiation stress in tension on very small specimens of glassy polymers (less than 10 mg). The method consists of three-point bending creep experiments followed by low-power optical microscopy to determine the length of the crazed region, and...

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Main Authors: De Focatiis, D, Buckley, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008