Abstract:The relationship between formation, structure and tensile modulus of ultrahigh modulus polyethylene is explained on the basis of a structural model in which entanglements formed during the deformation process play an important r61e. The results of wide-and small-angle X-ray scattering are interpreted in terms of structural parameters derived from this model.
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