Fracture behaviour and micro-mechanical processes in novel rubber toughened polystyrene materials

PATRICIA FRONTINI; FEDERICO RUEDA; HERNÁN DE SANTIS; LAURA FASCE; VALERIA PETTARIN; RAMÓN DIAZ DE LEON; GRACIELA MORALES; PABLO ACUÑA

Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Conferencia; 14th International Conference on Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers DYFP 2009; 2009

This work presents the experimental results of the morphological and mechanical characterization of a large set of HIPS containing different amounts of AN added during the synthesis. Tensile deformation and fracture experiments were employed to evaluate the materials performance. Behaviour was interpreted in light of morphology revealed by TEM.