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Comparison of the fast fracture properties of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and styrene-acrylonitrile

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The resistance of polymers, with toughening agents, to fast crack propagation under steady load conditions was studied, and the fracture resistance of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) was compared with styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN). Small laboratory specimens were used which could be precisely loaded and allowed to stress relax before being fractured. It was important for these experiments to achieve good isolation between crack initiation and crack propagation.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, SW7 2BX, London, UK

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Graham, J.C., Dear, J.P. Comparison of the fast fracture properties of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and styrene-acrylonitrile. Journal of Materials Science 31, 1669–1674 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00372176

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