The effect of cross-linking on the elastic modulus of Polythene

Young’s modulus for Polythene, cross-linked by pile irradiation, has been measured by both static and dynamic means. Below about 115°C (the usual melting-point) the modulus decreases with temperature. Above this temperature it increases again, in agreement with the theory of rubber-like elasticity, except for very high degrees of cross-linking, corresponding to a glass-like structure. The effect of radiation is both to produce cross-linking, and to destroy crystallinity. The latter effect predominates below about 4% cross-linking, and a more flexible material is obtained at room temperature. The observed elastic properties below 115°C are ascribed in part to the attraction of neighbouring chains; the activation energy required to break these attractive forces is estimated at about 0·25 eV.

2005 ◽  
Vol 475-479 ◽  
pp. 1983-1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomonari Inamura ◽  
Hideki Hosoda ◽  
Kenji Wakashima ◽  
Shuichi Miyazaki

Anisotropy in elastic properties of Ti-24mol%Nb-3mol%Al (TiNbAl), a new biomedical shape memory alloy developed by our group, was characterized in a temperature range from 133K to 413K. A well developed <110>{112}-type recrystallization texture is formed by an annealing at 1273K for 1.8ks after a severe cold-rolling. Young’s modulus of the -phase exhibited a strong anisotropy depending on the loading direction. Young’s modulus along <hkl> of -phase of TiNbAl around room temperature was estimated to be , with assuming that the texture is perfectly developed.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 3010
Author(s):  
Raphael Lamprecht ◽  
Florian Scheible ◽  
Marion Semmler ◽  
Alexander Sutor

Ultrasound elastography is a constantly developing imaging technique which is capable of displaying the elastic properties of tissue. The measured characteristics could help to refine physiological tissue models, but also indicate pathological changes. Therefore, elastography data give valuable insights into tissue properties. This paper presents an algorithm that measures the spatially resolved Young’s modulus of inhomogeneous gelatin phantoms using a CINE sequence of a quasi-static compression and a load cell measuring the compressing force. An optical flow algorithm evaluates the resulting images, the stresses and strains are computed, and, conclusively, the Young’s modulus and the Poisson’s ratio are calculated. The whole algorithm and its results are evaluated by a performance descriptor, which determines the subsequent calculation and gives the user a trustability index of the modulus estimation. The algorithm shows a good match between the mechanically measured modulus and the elastography result—more precisely, the relative error of the Young’s modulus estimation with a maximum error 35%. Therefore, this study presents a new algorithm that is capable of measuring the elastic properties of gelatin specimens in a quantitative way using only the image data. Further, the computation is monitored and evaluated by a performance descriptor, which measures the trustability of the results.


2018 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 00025
Author(s):  
P.V. Polydoropoulou ◽  
K.I. Tserpes ◽  
Sp.G. Pantelakis ◽  
Ch.V. Katsiropoulos

In this work a multi-scale model simulating the effect of the dispersion, the waviness as well as the agglomerations of MWCNTs on the Young’s modulus of a polymer enhanced with 0.4% MWCNTs (v/v) has been developed. Representative Unit Cells (RUCs) have been employed for the determination of the homogenized elastic properties of the MWCNT/polymer. The elastic properties computed by the RUCs were assigned to the Finite Element (FE) model of a tension specimen which was used to predict the Young’s modulus of the enhanced material. Furthermore, a comparison with experimental results obtained by tensile testing according to ASTM 638 has been made. The results show a remarkable decrease of the Young’s modulus for the polymer enhanced with aligned MWCNTs due to the increase of the CNT agglomerations. On the other hand, slight differences on the Young’s modulus have been observed for the material enhanced with randomly-oriented MWCNTs by the increase of the MWCNTs agglomerations, which might be attributed to the low concentration of the MWCNTs into the polymer. Moreover, the increase of the MWCNTs waviness led to a significant decrease of the Young’s modulus of the polymer enhanced with aligned MWCNTs. The experimental results in terms of the Young’s modulus are predicted well by assuming a random dispersion of MWCNTs into the polymer.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 968
Author(s):  
Fumitada Iguchi ◽  
Keisuke Hinata

The elastic properties of 0, 10, 15, and 20 mol% yttrium-doped barium zirconate (BZY0, BZY10, BZY15, and BZY20) at the operating temperatures of protonic ceramic fuel cells were evaluated. The proposed measurement method for low sinterability materials could accurately determine the sonic velocities of small-pellet-type samples, and the elastic properties were determined based on these velocities. The Young’s modulus of BZY10, BZY15, and BZY20 was 224, 218, and 209 GPa at 20 °C, respectively, and the values decreased as the yttrium concentration increased. At high temperatures (>20 °C), as the temperature increased, the Young’s and shear moduli decreased, whereas the bulk modulus and Poisson’s ratio increased. The Young’s and shear moduli varied nonlinearly with the temperature: The values decreased rapidly from 100 to 300 °C and gradually at temperatures beyond 400 °C. The Young’s modulus of BZY10, BZY15, and BZY20 was 137, 159, and 122 GPa at 500 °C, respectively, 30–40% smaller than the values at 20 °C. The influence of the temperature was larger than that of the change in the yttrium concentration.


1986 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Park ◽  
Y. K. Liu ◽  
R. S. Lakes

The elastic Young’s modulus and shear modulus of bone-particle impregnated polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) has been measured experimentally at room temperature as a function of bone particle concentration. It was found that the moduli increased with increasing bone particle content. This increase was less than the stiffness increase predicted by higher-order composite theory [1, 2] under the assumption of perfect bonding between particles and matrix. It was concluded that a bond existed but that it was not a perfect bond.


2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
Hsin-Yi Hsu ◽  
Chao-Chen Yang

The conductivities of the binary room-temperature molten salt (RTMS) systems ZnCl2-N-nbutylpyridinium chloride (BPC), ZnCl2 -1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (EMIC) and ZnCl2 - benzyltriethylammonium chloride (BTEAC) have been measured at different temperatures and compositions by a d.c. four-probes method. The conductivities of the three RTMS are in the order ZnCl2-EMIC > ZnCl2-BPC > ZnCl2-BTEAC. In ZnCl2-BPC the conductivity at 70 to 150 °C, is maximal for 40 mol% ZnCl2. In ZnCl2 - EMIC, the conductivity below 130 °C is almost constant for 30 to 50 mol% ZnCl2 and has the lowest activation energy 25.21 kJ/mol. For these two systems, the conductivities decrease rapidly beyond 50 mol% ZnCl2 owing to the rapid increase in cross-linking and resultant tightening of the polyelectrolyte structure. As to the ZnCl2-BTEAC system, the conductivities at 110 - 150 °C decrease slowly for 30 - 60 mol% ZnCl2. The conductivities of the ZnCl2-EMICmelt are compared with those of the AlCl3-EMIC melt previously studied. The stability of the ZnCl2-EMIC melt system is explored by the effect of the environment on the conductivity and the Far Transmission Infra Red (FTIR) spectrum. It reveals that the effect is slight, and that the ZnCl2-EMIC melt may be classified as stable.


Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (27) ◽  
pp. 13022-13027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basant Chitara ◽  
Assaf Ya'akobovitz

The present study highlights the elastic properties of suspended GaS, GaSe and GaTe nanosheets using atomic force microscopy. GaS exhibited the highest Young's modulus (∼173 GPa) among these nanosheets. These materials can withstand maximal stresses of up to 8 GPa and a maximal strain of 7% before breaking, making them suitable for stretchable electronic and optomechanical devices.


Author(s):  
Lauren Patrin ◽  
Frank Chow ◽  
Gabriela Philippart ◽  
Feridun Delale ◽  
Benjamin Liaw ◽  
...  

Due to their high strength and stiffness carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been considered as candidates for reinforcement of polymeric resins. It is also known that the addition of CNTs to polymeric matrix results in highly conductive nanocomposites, making the material multifunctional. Most of the CNT reinforced polymeric nanocomposite systems reported in the literature have been studied at room temperature. However, in many applications, materials may be subjected from low to elevated temperatures. Thus, the aim of this research is to study CNT reinforced polypropylene (PP) specimens at room, elevated and low temperatures. ASTM standard Type I specimens manufactured via injection molding and reinforced with 0.2%, 1%, 3%, and 6% CNTs were first subjected to tensile loads in a universal testing machine at room temperature. Neat PP resin specimens were also tested to provide baseline data. The tests were repeated at −54°C (−65°F), −20°C (−4°F), 49°C (120°F) and 71°C (160°F). The results were plotted as stress-strain curves and analyzed to delineate the effect of CNT reinforcement percentage and temperature on the mechanical properties. It was noted that as the percentage of CNT reinforcement increases, the resulting nanocomposite becomes stiffer (higher Young’s modulus), has higher strength and becomes more brittle. Temperature has a drastic effect on the behavior of the nanocomposite. As the temperature increases, at a given reinforcement percentage the material becomes more ductile with significantly lower Young’s modulus and strength compared to room temperature. At lower temperatures, the nanocomposite becomes more brittle with higher stiffness and strength, but significantly reduced failure strain. Also electrical measurements were conducted on the specimens to measure their resistance. For specimens reinforced with up to 3% of CNTs no electrical conductivity was detected. As expected at 6% CNT reinforcement (which is above the approximately 4% percolation limit reported in the literature), the specimens became electrically conductive. To predict the mechanical properties obtained experimentally, a micromechanics based model is presented and compared with the experimental results.


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