Summary
In a tensile test ductile thermoplastics may give either uniform deformation or necking. Recently it has been found that those giving uniform deformation either, are known to have extended chain configurations in solution, or have chemical formulae with linear structures and relatively few flexible bonds. The observed differences in behaviour can be predicted from a viscosity retarded rubber elasticity model in which a constant related to chain flexibility is introduced, which quantifies the strain hardening of the material. It is argued that the early development of strain hardening generally interferes with the localization of plastic strain in shear bands or crazes (as well as in a neck) and correlates with the stress cracking performance of high density polythenes.
There is now also some evidence that polymers with extended chain configurations have small values ofΔcp (the change in specific heat atTg) and that this figure has an apparent correlation with draw ratio for different polymers.
In the case of P.V.C. however it is possible to cause a changeover from the normal necking behaviour to uniform deformation by quenching the hot material in ice water. This process is believed to eliminate a structure which develops slowly in P.V.C. and most other thermoplastics when they are annealed at temperatures near toTg. The elimination of this structure during yielding causes strain softening and also promotes plastic strain localisation.
This physical ageing or annealing process is still not well understood. It almost certainly includes free volume effects but recent studies have shown that a redistribution of rotational isomers also occurs. These observation, if correct, have fundamental implications for the physics of glassy polymers.
Zusammenfassung
Beim Zug-Test erfolgt bei dehnbaren Thermoplasten entweder eine gleichmäßige Deformation oder eine Einschnürung. Erstere tritt auf bei Vorliegen ausgestreckter Kettenkonfigurationen in Lösung oder bei Makromolekülen linearer Struktur und relativ unbiegsamer Bindungen. Die beobachteten Unterschiede wurden anhand eines ViskositätsModells mit verminderter Gummi-Elastizität unter Zugrundelegung von Literaturdaten diskutiert. Die Kettensteifheit wird rechnerisch durch Einfügung einer Konstanten berücksichtigt; sie steht in Konkurrenz mit der Lokalisierung der plastischen Dehnung und korreliert mit dem Auftreten einer Spannungsriß-Bildung im Polyäthylen hoher Dichte. Es wird darauf hingewiesen, daß sich die spezifische Wärme von Polymeren mit ausgedehnter Kettenkonfiguration beiTg nur wenig ändert; dieser Effekt steht mit dem Dehnungsverhältnis verschiedener Polymerer in Einklang.
Bei PVC kann jedoch durch Abschrecken des heißen Materials in Eiswasser ein Übergang vom normalen Einschnürungsverhalten zu einer gleichmäßigen Deformation erzielt werden; dieser Effekt ist durch die Unterdrückung einer speziellen Struktur bedingt und kann auch bei der Temperung anderer thermoplastischer Polymerer nahe beiTg auftreten.
Die sich bei der physikalischen Alterung und bei der Temperung abspielenden Vorgänge lassen sich noch nicht erklären. Sie umfassen sicherlich Effekte des freien Volumens und die Rückverteilung von Rotations-Isomeren. Beobachtungen dieser Art sind von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung für die Physik glasartiger Polymerer.
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Haward, R.N., Hay, J.N., Parsons, I.W. et al. The effect of chain structure on the annealing and deformation behaviour of polymers. Colloid & Polymer Sci 258, 643–662 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01384357
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