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POLYMER
Volume 44, Issue 15, Pages 4301-4309Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(03)00363-X
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high-density polyethylene; crosslinking; thermal-mechanical properties
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High-density polyethylene (HDPE) was chemically crosslinked with various amounts of di-tert butyl cumyl peroxide (BCUP). Crosslink density determined by rubber elasticity theory using hot set test showed an increase with increasing BCUP. Glass transition temperature (T-g), thermal stability, crystallization, melting behavior and tensile properties were studied. The results showed a new finding about decrease in T-g as a consequence of the 'chemical crosslinking' of HDPE. This was explained by observed reduction in crystallinity and expected increase in free volume as a result of restriction in chain packing. However, chemical crosslinking had no significant effect on the thermal stability. The stress at break, Young's modulus yield strength and elongation at break generally decreased with increase in BCUP. By increasing the temperature for slightly crosslinked HDPE, the elongation at break was increased but by increasing the crosslinking level an opposite effect was observed. Crosslinked HDPE showed an decrease in creep strain and an increase in creep modulus with increasing BCUP. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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