DUCTILITY OF FILLED POLYMERS

Citation
S. Bazhenov et al., DUCTILITY OF FILLED POLYMERS, Journal of applied polymer science, 52(2), 1994, pp. 243-254
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
ISSN journal
00218995
Volume
52
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
243 - 254
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8995(1994)52:2<243:DOFP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The ductility of a calcium carbonate-filled amorphous copolyester PETG in a uniaxial tensile test was examined as a function of the filler v olume fraction. A ductile-to-quasi-brittle transition occurred as the volume fraction of filler increased. This transition was from propagat ion of a stable neck through the entire gauge length of the specimen t o fracture in the neck without propagation. The draw stress (lower yie ld stress) did not depend on the filler content and was equal to the d raw stress of the unfilled polymer. It was therefore possible to use a simple model to predict the dependence of the fracture strain on the filler volume fraction. It was proposed that when the fracture strain decreases to the draw strain of the polymer the fracture mechanism cha nges and the fracture strain drops sharply. The critical filler conten t at which the fracture mode changes is determined primarily by the de gree of strain-hardening of the polymer. (C) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, I nc.