Effect of irradiation on the changes in structural parameters of oriented polyethylene under the action of tensile stresses

Autor: N.F. Bakeyev, Yu.A. Zubov, A.A. Turetskii, Sergey N. Chvalun, V.S. Tikhomirov
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Polymer Science U.S.S.R.. 33:2210-2216
ISSN: 0032-3950
DOI: 10.1016/0032-3950(91)90067-z
Popis: The changes in the structural parameters of highly oriented polyethylene irradiated with different doses of γ-radiation, under the action of tensile stresses and at given strains are studied by X-ray diffraction at large and small angles. After irradiation with comparatively high doses there is a change in the character of the relation between the parameters a and c and the applied stress and an increase in the apparent elasticity modulus of the lattice. Cross-linking of the macromolecules in the amorphous and crystalline phases leads to a more uniform distribution of the mechanical stresses in the sample, which is manifested in particular in a smaller compliance of the amorphous regions on strain.
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