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Brief description
A strip of UHMW PE is heated and gradually stretched over 180 °C., the melting temperature of PE, the polymer chains coil up again causing the film to shrink. Again heating to 120-136 °C an attempt will be made to stretch it. (Related topic: polymers)
Categories
Atomistic animations
Date
01/10/07
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