On some mechanical effects in glassy polymers attributed to chain entanglements

The important role of the entanglements in the deformation of high-molecular-weight glassy polymers is demonstrated by two phenomena: the build-up of material resistance in polymethylmethacrylate after chain interpenetration and the intrinsic crazing of polycarbonate which is observed when the entanglement network reaches its limits of extension.

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