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Physical properties of some injection molded thermoplastics of various glass contents
Author(s) -
Loveless H. S.,
McWilliams D. E.
Publication year - 1970
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.760100303
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , ultimate tensile strength , polypropylene , thermosetting polymer , thermoplastic , glass fiber , izod impact strength test , environmental stress cracking , cracking , reinforcement , flexural strength , polyamide , stress corrosion cracking , corrosion
This paper discusses the influence of fiber‐glass reinforcement content on the physical properties of four theroplastic injection molded materials. In addition, the effects of binder difference (i.e., thermoplastic vs. thermosetting), associated with the reinforcement, are described. Several properties that were expected to show response to glass content and binder differences have been examined. Among these are short‐ and long‐term tensile strength, flexural properties, compressive resistance, impact strength, deflection temperature under load (DTL), and environmental stress cracking. This work has demonstrated that fiber‐glass reinforcement of the particular thermoplastics described in this paper has led to substantial improvements in both the stiffness and strength characteristics of the base resins. The responses to binder chemistry difference was found to be slight in many instances for the resins, as reflected by the tests described herein. However, the long‐term tensile, impact, DTL, and stress‐cracking tests have shown considerable sensitivity to binder change in some cases, especially with respect to the polypropylene, SAN and polyamide plastics. The particular response to a given binder system, however, appears to vary both with the material under test and the property used to detect such response.