A thermodynamic prediction of tie chain length distribution in drawn semicrystalline polymers
A thermodynamic prediction of tie chain length distribution in drawn semicrystalline polymers
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拉伸半结晶聚合物中连接链长度分布的热力学预测
DOI:
10.1002/pen.760251307
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发表时间:
1985
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通讯作者:
D. Roylance
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作者:
R. Popli;D. Roylance
The mechanism underlying fracture of many oriented semicrystalline polymers is hypothesized to be a thermally activated, stress-aided rate process in which the tie chains connecting crystalline units suffer thermomechanical dissociation. Some previous numerical models based on this concept have assumed a Gaussian distribution of tie chain contour lengths which are ruptured progressively by successively higher specimen strains, and have used electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy to obtain the numerical parameters of the distribution. The distribution of tie chain lengths in the intererystalline region is calculated theoretically in this paper, based on minimization of free energy. Our results, although in basic agreement with earlier models, suggest a reinterpretation of some of the ESR findings with regard to molecular fracture processes.