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Ductile‐to‐brittle transition behavior of low molecular weight polycarbonate under carbon dioxide
Author(s) -
Taguchi Tomoaki,
Miike Ramu,
Hatakeyama Tomoe,
Saito Hiromu
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.24599
Subject(s) - materials science , polycarbonate , brittleness , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , elongation , carbon dioxide , glass transition , modulus , stress (linguistics) , plasticizer , polymer , organic chemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
We investigated the stress–strain behavior of low molecular weight polycarbonate for optical disc grade (OD‐PC) under carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) at various pressures, and compared the results with that under ambient pressure at various temperatures. Elongation at break decreased sharply with increased CO 2 pressure at around 2 MPa, while the elastic modulus decreased gradually up to 6 MPa. These results indicate that the tensile property changed from ductile to brittle with increased CO 2 pressure, although the molecular motion is accelerated due to the plasticization effect of CO 2 . Such ductile‐to‐brittle transition is similar to that observed under elevated temperatures caused by chain disentanglement due to accelerated molecular motion. Although the changes of tensile properties were similar, the craze structure obtained by the brittle behavior was different, i.e., a filamented‐craze structure was obtained under high‐pressure CO 2 , while a lace‐like one was obtained under elevated temperatures. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2017. © 2017 Society of Plastics Engineers