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Crazing is a widespread phenomenon in polymeric materials. Crazes are zones of highly plastically deformed and highly oriented polymer material, consisting mainly of fibrils along the direction of applied stress interconnected by cross-tie fibrils. The structure of the crazes has been investigated mostly by transmission electron microscopy [1–3] and by X-ray [4] and electron [5] diffraction. The shapes of crazes have been examined by optical methods [6,7]. Various publications review the structure of craze zones in different polymers and the models of craze formation [3,8–10].
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Michler, G.H. (2001). Crazing in Amorphous Polymers — Formation of Fibrillated Crazes Near the Glass Transition Temperature. In: Grellmann, W., Seidler, S. (eds) Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of Polymers. Engineering Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04556-5_14
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