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Experimental data are presented for the strength and lifetime under constant stress of single Kevlar 49 aramid filaments at two elevated temperatures, 80 and 130° C. As seen in previously published work performed at room temperature (21 °C), the strength data could be fitted to a two-parameter Weibull distribution; increasing the temperature caused a decrease in the Weibull scale parameter while the shape parameter remained relatively constant, indicating a decrease in the mean strength but no change in strength variability. Lifetime experiments at both 80 and 130°C were performed at different filament stress levels, ranging from 55 to 92.5% of the Weibull scale parameter for short-term strength at that temperature. These data were fitted to a two-parameter Weibull distribution with large variability (scale parameter values ⩽ 1), and evaluated using an exponential kinetic breakdown model in the spirit of Eyring and Zhurkov. Using this model, activation energies in the neighbourhood of 80 kcal mol−1 (3.35 × 105 J mol−1 ) were obtained, suggesting that scission of the C-N bond plays the dominant role in fibre failure at longer times under constant stress.
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Wu, H.F., Phoenix, S.L. & Schwartz, P. Temperature dependence of lifetime statistics for single Kevlar 49 filaments in creep-rupture. J Mater Sci 23, 1851–1860 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01115731
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