Microhardness of Polymers [Paperback]

This 2000 book deals with the micromechanical characterization of polymer materials.The book deals with the micromechanical characterisation of polymer materials. It describes the microhardness technique and its applications to different polymeric materials. The book also demonstrates that microhardness, in combination with other techniques such as microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray scattering, etc., can be very helpful to better understand the structure-properties relationship. This book will be of use to graduate level materials science students, as well as research workers in materials science, mechanical engineering and physics departments interested in the microindentation hardness of polymer materials.The book deals with the micromechanical characterisation of polymer materials. It describes the microhardness technique and its applications to different polymeric materials. The book also demonstrates that microhardness, in combination with other techniques such as microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray scattering, etc., can be very helpful to better understand the structure-properties relationship. This book will be of use to graduate level materials science students, as well as research workers in materials science, mechanical engineering and physics departments interested in the microindentation hardness of polymer materials.This book deals with the micromechanical characterization of polymer materials. It emphasizes microhardness as a technique capable of detecting a variety of morphological and textural changes in polymers. The authors provide a comprehensive introduction to the microhardness of polymers, including descriptions of the various testing methods in materials science and engineering. They also discuss the micromechanical study of glassy polymers and the relevant aspects of microhardness of semicrystalline polymers. Numerous application examples of the microhardness technique for the characterization of polymeric l£.