Accession Number:

AD0275960

Title:

HEAT CAPACITY OF AMORPHOUS POLYMERS AT LOW TEMPERATURES

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Personal Author(s):

• WARFIELD,R.W.
• PETREE,M.C.

Report Date:

1962-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

Published heat capacity data on polystyrene and polymethyl methacrylate were analyzed by the method of Starkweather. The results of the analysis indicate that the model proposed by Stockmayer and Hecht for the thermal motions of crystalline polymers at low temperatures can be applied to amorphous polymers. Author

Descriptors:

• *ACRYLIC RESINS
• *POLYMERS
• *STYRENES
• CRYOGENICS
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• METHYL RADICALS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE