Abstract
AbstractDumb‐bell shaped specimens of three polyethylenes were subjected to constant uniaxial tensile loads at test temperatures from 298 to 353 K. For the high density polyethylenes, a marked transition appeared in the neck/fracture behavior. At a certain stress level, the instantaneous fracture of the neck formed at high loads was replaced by the formation of a neck that resisted fracture for a considerable time. This transition was more gradual for the medium density polyethylene. Furthermore, at all test temperatures the transition shifts towards higher nominal stresses with increasing molecular weight. Mainly on the basis of measurements of the local strain rate in the neck forming region, a hypothesis is proposed which explains the appearance of the marked transition. The draw ratios and the densities of the fractured neck fibers were also measured and are in accordance with current molecular deformation theories.
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