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Low stress brittle fracture in polymers: Progress report as of October 23, 1986

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6963079
Slow crack growth was studied in linear polyethylene (PE) and an ethylene-hexene copolymer. The relation of molecular weight of PE to initial damage rate prior to slow crack growth was studied. (DLC)
Research Organization:
Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia (USA). Dept. of Materials Science
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-84ER45161
OSTI ID:
6963079
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/45161-2; ON: DE87004297
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English