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The influence of gamma radiation on the ESC behaviour of a toughened PMMA through stress relaxation

  • 1. Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica (CEFET/MG), Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil)
  • 2. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (DEN/UFPE), Recife (Brazil). Dept. de Energia Nuclear
  • 3. Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (DEMa/UFCG), PB (Brazil). Dept. de Engenharia de Materiais

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On this work we studied the ESC degradation behaviour of a toughened PMMA irradiated with different gamma radiation doses. Tensile samples were obtained by injection moulding, and then irradiated using a 60Co source. The samples irradiated on several doses were submitted to relaxation tests under air, ethanol and ethylene glycol. The results showed that the ESC action was intensified with the rising radiation doses when the relaxation tests were done under ethanol. On the tests under ethylene glycol the ESC effect was observed only to the irradiated polymer through the higher dose and under the higher relaxation load. The fracture surface analysis of tested relaxation samples, under ethanol, showed a dendritic pattern formed on fracture surfaces. (author)

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Original title (Portuguese)
Influencia da radiacao gama no comportamento de ESC do PMMA tenacificado avaliada por relaxacao de tensao

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
[10 p.]
Report number
INIS-BR--7773

Conference

Title
10. Brazilian congress on polymers
Original Conference Title
10. Congresso brasileiro de polimeros
Dates
13-17 Oct 2009
Place
Foz do Iguacu, PR (Brazil)

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