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Title: Kinetics and microscopic processes of long term fracture in polyethylene piping materials. Final report, February 1, 1991-February 1, 1992

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6609178

The report contains 9 completed works as follows: The Dependence of Slow Crack Growth in a Polyethylene Copolymer on Testing Temperature and Morphology; A Test of Slow Crack Growth Failure of PE under Constant Load; Effect of Annealing on Slow Crack Growth in an Ethylene-Hexene Copolymer; The Fundamental Material Parameters that Govern Slow Crack Growth in Linear Polyethylene; Slow Crack Growth in Blends of HDPE and UHMWPE; The Mechqnism of Fatigue Failure in a Polyethylene Copolymer; PENT Quality Control Test for PE Gas Pipes and Resins; International Round Robin Study of A Fatigue Test Approach to the Ranking of Polyethylene Pipe Material; Proposed ASTM Specification for ASTM F17.40 Test Methods Committee.

Research Organization:
Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
OSTI ID:
6609178
Report Number(s):
PB-93-167146/XAB; CNN: GRI-5087-260-1468
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also PB--92-108844
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English