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Environmental Stress Cracking as a Tool for Evaluating Polyethylene Piping Materials [PE]

 

Plastic Pipes Conference Association # 1982 York

Lustiger, Markham, Cassady

The phenomenon of environmental stress cracking, which occurs when polyethylene is placed under stress until failure in a detergent environment, is beiag studied both as a means of quality control and for determining the relative resistance to sluw crack growth in polyethylene gas pipe. Two techniques used to measure environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR) for these purposes are presented and discussed. 

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