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Non linear viscoelasticity of polymeric liquids interpreted by means of a stress dependence of free volume

F. P. La Mantia

subject

chemistry.chemical_classificationNonlinear systemMaterials sciencechemistryStress dependenceThermodynamicsGeneral Materials SciencePolymerCondensed Matter PhysicsEquivalence (measure theory)ViscoelasticityAmorphous solid

description

Several existing data of non-linear viscoelasticity of amorphous polymers aboveT g are here interpreted by assuming that the free volume changes during the motion. Equations of a stress-temperature equivalence are suggested which favorably compare with the data. It is also shown that the volume variations are sufficiently small to have escaped observation.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01523740