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Polymer, Vol.35, No.3, 667-669, 1994
The Effect of Temperature on the Fatigue-Crack Propagation Behavior of Cellulose Esters
The fatigue crack propagation (FCP) behaviour of a plasticized cellulose acetate propionate (CAP) was determined as a function of temperature. Changes in FCP behaviour with temperature were analogous to changes produced by varying plasticizer concentration, A temperature-plasticizer concentration equivalence based on their effect on yield strength was proposed to predict the FCP behaviour of CAP over limited plasticizer concentration and temperature ranges.