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The dependence of physical and mechanical properties of oligoether-based foam polyurethanes on the molecular mass (Mc) of polymer chains between the nodes of the polymer network and on the content of rigid segments in the polymer is investigated at 293 and 98K. The values of Mc at which the foam plastics have the best mechanical properties at low temperatures are determined. The content of rigid segments in the polymer at which foam polyurethanes have the best combination of the linear thermal expansion coefficient and mechanical properties in tension at a temperature of 98K is found.
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Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 517–526, July–August, 1999.
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Yakushin, V.A., Stirna, U.K. & Zhmud', N.P. Effect of the chemical structure of the polymer matrix on the properties of foam polyurethanes at low temperatures. Mech Compos Mater 35, 351–356 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02259725
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