The essential work of the fracture (EWF) method was employed to determine the fracture performance of thermoplastic polypropylene (PP) elastomers. Three types of elastomeric polypropylene (ELPP) of homo-and copolymer nature based on different catalysts were involved in this study. Tests were carried
Determination of the fracture toughness of polymeric films by the essential work method
β Scribed by W.Y.F. Chan; J.G. Williams
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 596 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-3861
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