Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5204279 | Polymer Degradation and Stability | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
When a networked polymeric composite under high stress is subjected to irradiation, the resulting chemical changes like chain scissioning and crosslink formation can lead to permanent set and altered elastic modulus. Using a commercial silicone elastomer as a specific example we show that a simple 2-stage Tobolsky model in conjunction with Fricker's stress transfer function can quantitatively reproduce all experimental data as a function of radiation dosage and the static strain at which radiation is turned on, including permanent set, stress-strain response, and net crosslink density.
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Authors
A. Maiti, R.H. Gee, T. Weisgraber, S. Chinn, R.S. Maxwell,