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A thermoelastic evaluation, based on simultaneous measurements of the mechanical work and of the concomitant heat of deformation by a stretching micro calorimeter, was performed on semicrystalline and glassy PEEK. The objective of this study was to utilize the sensitive technique to detect differences that would account for observed effects of micro structure on mechanical performance. A clear difference was detected beyond a 0.6% strain, where the behaviour of glassy PEEK began to exhibit inelastic features such as yielding and plastic deformation. This difference between the glassy and the semicrystalline polymers was considered the reason for the superior mechanical fatigue and fracture properties produced by the latter micro structure.
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Tregub, A., Privalko, V.P., Kilian, H.G. et al. The thermoelastic behaviour of semicrystalline and of glassy poly(ether-ether-ketone). Appl Compos Mater 1, 167–176 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00567577
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