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Environmental stress cracking (ESC) is the premature cracking of a polymer due to the combined action of a stress and a fluid. It is associated with the phenomenon of crazing and solvent plasticization of the polymer. The embrittlement by oxidative or other chemical degradation is not included under ESC, but is classed as corrosion stress cracking (CSC).
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Chatten, R., Vesely, D. (1999). Environmental stress cracking of polypropylene. In: Karger-Kocsis, J. (eds) Polypropylene. Polymer Science and Technology Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4421-6_28
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