ISSN:
0449-2978
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
The plastic deformation of poly-4-methylpentene-1 (P4MP1) crystals on a unidirectionally drawn substrate has been investigated by electron microscopy. In addition to cracks spanned by fibrils and buckling perpendicular to the stretch direction, both features found in deformation studies of other polymers, a unique slip mechanism leading to sectorization of P4MP1 crystals is observed; deformation was also found to occur by means of localized lamellar thinning. The exact type of plastic deformation occurring in P4MP1 crystals is found to depend on the orientation of the lamellae with respect to the tensile axis. Some evidence for a periodicity on the fibrils studied is given.
Additional Material:
15 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1969.160071003
