Temperature dependence of tensile behavior in poly(butylene terephthalate) with different crystallinity

Wenyang Zhang, Jingqing Li, Yingrui Shang, Hongfei Li, Shichun Jiang, Lijia An

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Abstract

The tensile behavior of PBT with different crystallinity was investigated at various temperatures. It turned out that the origin of stress whitening is different for PBT crystallized at 100 °C and 180 °C. The deformation of PBT crystallized at 100 °C involves crazing/tearing and fibrillation at different temperatures. The complicated fracture morphologies including brittle fracture, fibrillation and ductile ploughing are linked to the temperature-dependent deformation mode of PBT crystallized at 180 °C. The yield behavior could be described based on the Ree-Eyring model for PBT crystallized at 100 °C and 180 °C. The effect of temperature on Young's modulus, fracture strain and yield stress was analyzed and the fracture morphology was discussed in detail.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-150
Number of pages8
JournalMaterials and Design
Volume129
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 5 2017
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51573131, 21374077 and 51673147).

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China51573131, 51673147, 21374077

    Keywords

    • Fracture
    • Poly(butylene terephthalate)
    • Stress whitening
    • Yield stress

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