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Multiple-phase toughening-particle morphology: Effects on the properties of rubber-toughened poly(methyl methacrylate)

Conference ·
OSTI ID:76231
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  1. Univ. of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (United Kingdom)

Rubber-toughened poly(methyl methacrylate) (RTPMMA) materials were prepared by blending PMMA with multiple-phase toughening particles with radially alternating rubbery and glassy layers. The effects of particle morphology and rubbery-phase volume fraction on the tensile and fracture properties were evaluated. The principal mechanism of deformation operating in these materials, shear yielding with debonding and cavitation of the toughening particles, results in crack-tip blunting. The properties of the RTPMMA materials containing two-layer toughening particles are generally inferior to those containing three- or four-layer toughening particles. 21 refs., 9 figs.

OSTI ID:
76231
Report Number(s):
CONF-900802--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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