Environmental Stress Cracking (ESC) is one of the most common causes of unexpected brittle failure of thermoplastic (especially amorphous) polymers known...

Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) is the growth of crack formation in a corrosive environment. It can lead to unexpected and sudden failure of normally ductile...

Stress cracking may refer to: Environmental stress cracking Stress corrosion cracking Sulfide stress cracking This disambiguation page lists articles...

of around 1 cm. Environmental stress cracking is defined as external or internal cracking in plastic induced by applied tensile stress more than its short-term...

chemical resistance. ASA is significantly more resistant to environmental stress cracking than ABS, especially to alcohols and many cleaning agents. n-Butyl...

semi-amorphous plastics are less resistant to chemical attack and environmental stress cracking because they lack a crystalline structure. Brittleness can be...

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passengers on the bridge at the time. Crocodile cracking – Distress in asphalt pavement Environmental stress cracking – Brittle failure of thermoplastic polymers...

under load, then cracks will grow by the mechanism of stress corrosion cracking. Perhaps the oldest known example is the ozone cracking of rubbers, where...

by the absorption of minute amounts of water can also cause environmental stress cracking, which accelerates degradation. Polymers, which are not fully...

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are: Stress and displacement matching Elemental crack advance Contour integration Virtual crack extension Environmental stress cracking Environmental stress...

also be affected by load in the mechanisms of stress corrosion cracking and environmental stress cracking. Failure analysis Failure mode and effects analysis...

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most other amorphous thermoplastics, Noryl is sensitive to environmental stress cracking when in contact with many organic liquids. Compounds such as...

similar polymer degradation reactions. The problem is known as environmental stress cracking. Hydrolysis is related to energy metabolism and storage. All...

Hydrogen embrittlement (HE), also known as hydrogen-assisted cracking or hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC), is a reduction in the ductility of a metal due to...

very flexible and elongates under stress. It can be used to make thinner films, with better environmental stress cracking resistance. It has good resistance...

Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-601680-2. Wright, David C. (2001). Environmental Stress Cracking of Plastics. RAPRA. ISBN 978-1-85957-064-7. Look up polymer...

Prevention. Hanser-SPE. ISBN 978-1-56990-184-7. Wright DC (2001). Environmental Stress Cracking of Plastics. RAPRA. ISBN 978-1-85957-064-7. Lewis PR, Gagg C...

their use has been extended widely to applications such as: Environmental stress cracking of polymers Controlled dispersion of pigments, such as carbon...

transported by a vehicle, environmental stress cracking is a definite potential. The flammability of fuel makes stress cracking a possible cause of catastrophic...

potable water supplies (1–3 ppm) can be sufficient to cause environmental stress cracking, a problem experienced in both the US and Europe in domestic...

pipes. Low-temperature impact strength, abrasion resistance and environmental stress cracking resistance can be increased significantly by crosslinking, whereas...

Autoxidation Photo-oxidation of polymers Weather testing of polymers Environmental stress cracking Pielichowski, Krzysztof (2005). Thermal degradation of polymeric...

causing brittleness and cracks. Before it is installed, the rail is altered by stretching with hydraulic tensors or heated to its stress-free temperature to...

residual stress in the cold-drawn metal of the cartridges, was responsible for the cracking. Season cracking is characterised by deep brittle cracks which...

terms of stress can obtained as a surface encompassing the origin in principal stress space. Fracture in polymers Environmental stress cracking Yield Viscoelasticity...

(gauge) films can be blown, compared with LDPE, with better environmental stress cracking resistance, but they are not as easy to process. LLDPE is used...

flaws. They may include fatigue cracks, brittle cracks produced by stress corrosion cracking or environmental stress cracking for example. Witness statements...