Brittle-Ductile Transition Temperatures of (Semi-Crystalline) Polymers
| Polymer |
Tb (K) |
Tg (K) |
C∞ |
| Poly(1,4-phenylene ether-sulfone), PES |
173 |
474 |
2.2 |
| Poly(Bisphenol A carbonate), PC |
171 |
426 |
2.4 |
| Poly(Bisphenol A terephthalate), PAT |
180 |
469 |
2.6 |
| Poly(2,6-dimethyl-p-phenylene oxide), PPO |
159 |
483 |
3.1 |
| Poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET |
204 |
382 |
4.1 |
| High Density Polyethylene, HDPE |
157 |
264 |
5.7 |
| Poly(hexamethylene adipamide), N66 |
208 |
324 |
6.5 |
| Polyacetal, Poly(methylene oxide), POM |
203 |
260 |
7.5 |
| Syndi. Poly(methyl methacrylate), sPMMA |
319 |
407 |
7.6 |
| Poly(ether imide), PEI |
370 |
498 |
7.8
|
| Isotactic Poly(methyl methacrylate), i-PMMA |
285 |
319 |
10.7
|
| Polystyrene, PS |
363 |
373 |
10.8 |
| Poly(cyclohexyl methacrylate), PCHMA |
389 |
389 |
11.6 |
| Poly(tert-butyl methacrylate), PtBMA |
388 |
388 |
12.0 |
| Poly(phenyl methacrylate), PPhMA |
383 |
383 |
13.1 |