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Brittle Fracture of ABS — Investigation of the Morphology—Failure Relationship

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The polymers belonging to the class of acrylonitrile—butadiene—styrene copolymers (ABS) are toughened modifications of styrene—acrylonitrile (SAN) copolymers. The toughening modification is achieved by dispersing submicroscopically small elastomeric particles — mainly derived from butadiene — in the coherent, brittle SAN matrix.

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Möginger, B., Michler, G.H., Ludwig, H.C. (2001). Brittle Fracture of ABS — Investigation of the Morphology—Failure Relationship. 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_23

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