Roles of chain length, chain architecture, and time in the initiation of visible crazes in polystyrene

Visible craze initiation stress has been measured for a wide range of linear and branched monodisperse polystyrenes (PS) soaked in diethylene glycol. Results show that, for a given time under stress, craze initiation in linear PS is disentanglement-dominated below a critical molar mass and chain sci...

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