Fracture behavior of bimodal polyethylene: Effect of molecular weight distribution characteristics

Polymer ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 564-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Sun ◽  
Hongwang Shen ◽  
Banghu Xie ◽  
Wei Yang ◽  
Mingbo Yang
2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (10) ◽  
pp. 31-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.N. Kuleznev ◽  
P.V. Surikov ◽  
V.D. Sevruk ◽  
T.A. Sineva

Melts of bimodal (tube) polyethylenes relax considerably more rapidly than normal monomodal specimens. At exit from an l/d = 20 capillary, a melt of bimodal polyethylene behaves like an unrelaxed melt, whereas normal polyethylene does not manage to relax entirely even at exit from an l/d = 30 capillary. The obtained results point to one of the reasons for the high durability of polyethylene tubes with a bimodal molecular weight distribution.


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