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Cold rolling of polymers 3. Properties of rolled crystallized polycarbonates
Author(s) -
Kobayashi Takao,
Broutman Lawrence J.
Publication year - 1974
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.760140403
Subject(s) - polycarbonate , materials science , acetone , amorphous solid , plasticizer , composite material , sorption , polymer , ultimate tensile strength , crazing , organic chemistry , chemistry , adsorption
Amorphous polycarbonate sheets up to 1/4 inch in thickness have been crystallized both thermally and by acetone vapor sorption. For thick sheets acetone vapor sorption is the superior technique and a method has been developed for assuring homogeneous crystallized sheets. The crystallized polycarbonate can be cold rolled providing there is a residual acetone content to act as a plasticizer for the sheet. The tensile stress strain characteristics of the as‐crystallized sheets as well as the rolled crystallized sheets have been determined as a function of the residual acetone content. It is shown that a crystallized polycarbonate whose thickness is reduced by 74 percent can achieve a true stress at fracture of 27,180 psi and a strain of 33 percent. These values are significantly greater than the values obtained for rolled amorphous polycarbonates.

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