Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Fracture of slightly plasticized polyvinyl chloride

  • Papers
  • Published:
Journal of Materials Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Impact tests and fracture toughness tests using compact tension specimens were carried out on a number of slightly plasticized PVC compositions. These measurements, together with calculations from the craze thickness profile were used to determine the fracture mechanisms operating in the various tests. The marked decrease in the impact strength of PVC on addition of small amounts of a conventional plasticizer was found to be due to the plasticizer decreasing the stress intensity necessary to nucleate a craze at the notch tip of the impact specimen. The fracture toughness of the compact tension specimens which failed by a crazing mechanism increased with increasing plasticizer content. It is thought that the fracture of these specimens is controlled by the stress intensity necessary to propagate the pre-existing crack/craze system through the material.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. N. Kinjo andT. Nakagawa,Polymer. J. 4 (1973) 143.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. W. J. Jackson andJ. R. Caldwell,Adv. Chem. Ser. 48 (1965) 185.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. R. P. Kambour,J. Polymer Sci. Macromol. Rev. 7 (1973) 1.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. S. Rabinowitz andP. Beardmore,Crit. Rev. Macromol. Sci. 1 (1972) 1.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. R. P. Kambour, E. E. Romogosa andC. L. Gruner,Macromolecules 7 (1974) 248.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. R. P. Kambour, private communication (1976)

  7. R. P. Kambour, D. L. Gruner andE. E. Romogosa,J. Polymer Sci. Polymer Phys. Ed. 11 (1973) 879.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. A. S. Argon, J. G. Hannoosch andM. M. Salama, “Fracture 1977”, Vol. 1 ICF4, Waterloo, Canada, edited by D. M. R. Taplin (Pergamon, New York, 1977).

    Google Scholar 

  9. N. J. Mills andN. Walker,Polymer 17 (1976) 335.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. P. L. Cornes andR. N. Haward,ibid. 15 (1974) 149.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. P. Tormala, S. Lehtinen andJ. J. Lindberg,J. Mater. Sci. 11 (1976) 1764.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. A. N. Gent,ibid. 5 (1970) 925.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. A. S. Argon,Pure Appl. Chem. 43 (1975) 247.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. J. Haslam, H. A. Willis andD. C. M. Squirrel, “Identification and Analysis of Plastics,” 2nd edn. (Iliffe Books, London, 1972).

    Google Scholar 

  15. H. R. Brown,J. Mater. Sci. 8 (1973) 941.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. G. P. Marshall, J. G. Williams andC. E. Turner,ibid. 8 (1973) 949.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. J. F. Knott, “Fundamentals of Fracture Mechanics” (Butterworth, London, 1973).

    Google Scholar 

  18. H. R. Brown andI. M. Ward,Polymer 14 (1973) 469.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. J. R. Rice, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Fracture, Sendai, Vol. 1, edited by T. Yokoburi, T. Kawashaki and J. L. Swedlow (Japanese Society for Strength and Fracture of Materials, Tokyo, 1966) p. 283.

    Google Scholar 

  20. R. A. W. Frazer andI. M. Ward,J. Mater Sci. 9 (1974) 1624.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. E. Plati andJ. G. Williams,Polymer 16 (1975) 915.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. K. V. Gotham,Plast. Polymer 40 (1972) 277.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, 3168, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    H. R. Brown & G. Stevens

Authors
  1. H. R. Brown
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. G. Stevens
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Brown, H.R., Stevens, G. Fracture of slightly plasticized polyvinyl chloride. J Mater Sci 13, 2373–2379 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00808051

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00808051

Keywords

Search

Navigation