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Phase separation in thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers: a structure–property investigation
thesis
posted on 2018-06-27, 11:54 authored by Richard BryantThe effect of soft segment, isocyanate and chain extender chemical structure
on the physical and mechanical properties of thermoplastic polyurethane
elastomers was systematically investigated. Several series of materials were
produced with identical stoichiometry and under the same reaction conditions.
The raw materials used to synthesise these materials were systematically
altered to facilitate comment on the influence of molecular weight, cohesive
energy density (CED) and molecular geometry on the phase separation
phenomena observed in polyurethane elastomers. [Continues.]
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Materials
Publisher
© Richard BryantPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2005Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en