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Polymer science

raising the fracture resistance of a brittle polymer by dispersing small rubber particles that cavitate and trigger energy-absorbing shear yielding.

In polymer science, rubber toughening refers to raising the fracture resistance of a brittle polymer by dispersing small rubber particles that cavitate and trigger energy-absorbing shear yielding. This meaning comes from Kinloch (1983) in Polymer.[1]

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  1. Kinloch, A. J., Shaw, S. J., Tod, D. A., & Hunston, D. L. (1983). Deformation and fracture behaviour of a rubber-toughened epoxy: 1. Microstructure and fracture studies. Polymer, 24(10), 1341-1354. https://doi.org/10.1016/0032-3861(83)90070-8

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