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Thermomechanical and adhesive properties of radiation-modified polymer composites for thermosetting products

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Gamma-irradiated blends of polyethylene (PE) with ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (EPDM) and a thermotropic liquid-crystalline polymer (LCP) are investigated at absorbed radiation doses not exceeding 150 kGy (10 kGy=1 Mrad). The temperature dependences of elastic moduli, tension diagrams at a temperature above the melting point of the crystalline phase of PE, and long-term strain recovery curves for oriented test specimens are presented. The kinetics of thermal relaxation and shrinkage stresses in previously oriented composite specimens upon their heating and cooling is investigated. Data on the influence of LCP additions on the adhesive interaction of the compositions with steel are obtained. The peculiarities of thermomechanical and adhesion properties of these composites are discussed taking into account the morphologic and calorimetric data obtained.

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  1. Chemical Department, Latvian University, LV-1013, Riga, Latvia

    V. Kalkis

  2. Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Latvian University, LV-1006, Riga, Latvia

    R. D. Maksimov

  3. Institute of Polymer Materials, Riga Technical University, LV-1048, Riga, Latvia

    M. Kalnins, J. Zicans, T. Bocoka & O. Revjakin

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Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 379–394, May–June, 2000.

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Kalkis, V., Maksimov, R.D., Kalnins, M. et al. Thermomechanical and adhesive properties of radiation-modified polymer composites for thermosetting products. Mech Compos Mater 36, 223–232 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02681874

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