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Failures in Stressed Nylons

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ENSANIAN1 has observed that concentrated hydrochloric acid alone, or a mixture of hydrochloric acid, alcohol and zinc dust, caused rapid failure of a stressed nylon strip. In this connexion the results of some work we have been doing independently should be of interest.

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  1. Ensanian, M., Nature, 193, 161 (1962).

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  1. Department of Supply, Australian Defence Scientific Service, Defence Standards Laboratories, Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia

    P. DUNN, A. J. C. HALL & T. NORRIS

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DUNN, P., HALL, A. & NORRIS, T. Failures in Stressed Nylons. Nature 195, 1092–1093 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951092a0

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