Date of Award
Winter 12-2002
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Honors College Theses
Department
Physics
First Advisor
Dr. Stephen McGuire
Second Advisor
Dr. Joyce W. O'Rourke
Third Advisor
Dr. Beverly Wade
Abstract
With metallic materials, the mechanism of milling is generally regarded as a combination of fracturing and cold-welding of powder particles. The same general mechanism is expected to apply polymers, but some aspects of the mechanism may be different for polymers due their chainlike molecular nature, lower moduli, and higher sensitivity to temperature. In spite of some potential problems some researchers have recently demonstrated that milling can be used to produce polymers and blends with acceptable mechanical properties. C. Bai and associates used high-energy ball milling at three temperatures on poly (ethylene terephthalate) and produced favorable results. Spontak et. al. cryogenically milled poly/methymethacrylate with various other polymers to create mechanically alloyed polymer blends.
Recommended Citation
Robinson, Jabari, "High-energy ball milling of polymers" (2002). Electronic Dissertations and Theses. 87.
https://digitalcommons.subr.edu/dissertations_theses/87