Volume 30, Issue 6 pp. 2291-2295
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Primary molecular products of mechanical fracture of polymers

N. S. Enikolopian

N. S. Enikolopian

Institute of Chemical Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, ul.Kosygina 4, Moscow 117977, USSR

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L. S. Zarkhin

L. S. Zarkhin

Institute of Chemical Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, ul.Kosygina 4, Moscow 117977, USSR

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E. V. Prut

E. V. Prut

Institute of Chemical Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, ul.Kosygina 4, Moscow 117977, USSR

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First published: June 1985
Citations: 18

Abstract

Primary molecular products of mechanical fracture were determined for polymers of different structure. For the first time the velocities of the products translation were measured, and kinetic energies and translation temperatures (2000–5400 K) were calculated.

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