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Physical aging in plastics and other glassy materials
Author(s) -
Struik L. C. E.
Publication year - 1977
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.760170305
Subject(s) - materials science , forensic engineering , composite material , engineering
This paper surveys the basic aspects of physical aging. It shows that aging i s a general and important phenomenon found in all organic and inorganic glasses and in some metals as well. Moreover, the behavior of all these materials is very similar. It further shows that aging cannot be ignored in the testing of plastics, particularly in the prediction of their long‐term behavior.