ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] Polystyrene behaves as a brittle material in tension at atmospheric pressure; its nominal fracture stress (that is, fracture load/original cross-sectional area) is about 6,000 Ib./in.2 and its elongation at fracture is about 1*5 per cent. It has been found that polystyrene behaves in a ductile ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/202381a0