Polymers
This type of polymer architecture contains long chains with few or no crosslinks and can typically be remelted.
What is a thermoplastic?
This polymer architecture features chains connected by permanent covalent crosslinks and cannot be remelted.
What is a thermoset?
This temperature marks the onset of long-range molecular mobility in amorphous polymers.
What is the glass transition temperature (Tg)?
This time-dependent deformation under constant load is especially important in polymers at elevated temperature.
What is creep?
This parameter represents the average molecular weight between crosslinks in a thermoset network.
What is Mc (molecular weight between crosslinks)?