Elastomeric Phases for Toughening Air Force High-Temperature Polymers

Abstract

A number of high-temperature polymers of interest and importance to the U.S. Air Force have a degree of brittleness that limits their utilization. This brittleness was reduced, and a number of other physical properties were improved, by the in-situ introduction of dispersed elastomeric phases. This was done in a modification of the sol-gel approach previously used to modify other properties by the introduction of much harder ceramic-like phases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 08, 1999
Accession Number
ADA371533

Entities

People

  • C. Kumudine
  • F. E. Arnold
  • J. E. Mark
  • J. K. Premachandra
  • M. R. Unroe

Organizations

  • University of Cincinnati

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Brittleness
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Copolymers
  • Electron Microscopy
  • High Temperature
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mixtures
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Polymers
  • Transition Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.