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A fractal model for thermal shrinkage of oriented polymers

G. V. Kozlov, V. A. Beloshenko, V. N. Varyukhin, M. A. Gazaev

Galkin Donetsk Physicotechnical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Donetsk 340114

Abstract: A relationship between the amount of thermal shrinkage and the structural parameters of polyethylene extruded in the solid state and polymerization-filled compositions based on it is studied. It is shown that thermal shrinkage is determined by the fractal dimension of the polymer structure and the degree of stretching of the molecular chain.

UDC: 539.3

Received: 22.02.1995
Accepted: 13.06.1996

 English version: Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics, 1998, 39:1, 140–142