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Taking Slow Crack Growth - Rapid Crack Propagation Balance of Biomodal PE100 Resins to the Next Level [PE]

Reinking, Mehta, Garrison, Joseph, Schwab

Developments in New Materials # 2006 Washington DC

Bimodal polyethylene (PE) pipe resins have demonstrated a step change in slow crack growth (SCG) and rapid crack propagation (RCP) resistance over conventional unimodal polyethylene resins. Literature shows that homopolymer polyethylene has higher RCP resistance than PE copolymers, which suggests a trade-off between SCG and RCP resistance. Efforts are currently underway to implement specifications for RCP into North American standards. The North American gas industry would like to see critical temperature specifications eventually implemented, which would require even higher resistance to RCP. Results from new technology are presented that demonstrate a step change in the RCP-SCG balance of bimodal polyethylene.

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Author(s) : Cliff Mure, Siddharth Athreya, Dane Chang, Rujul Mehta

New generations of PE100 and PE4710 pressure pipe materials exhibit a superior balance of mechanical properties. The slow crack growth performance of these materials measured by traditional tests such as PENT and FNCT can exceed one year. Accelerated test methods, including strain hardening modulus, accelerated FNCT,...

2016 Berlin : Sodium hypochlorite dosing for zebra mussel abatement using double contained advanced PE

Author(s) : Kim Endsley, Joseph Poniatowski

In order to free itself from the rising costs of water supplied by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, the Karegnondi Water Authority proposed a new water intake and delivery system from Lake Huron to Flint, Michigan. Because of the recent introduction of the zebra mussel into North America’s Great Lakes, a...

2014 Chicago : Application of a Rapid LC-MS Technique to the Development of an Enhanced Chlorine Resistant Antioxidant Package for Polyethylene: Comparison to Oit and Resin Property Retention

Author(s) : Steven Horwatt, Randall Duderstadt, Douglas Keller, Sameer Mehta

The development of an antioxidant package for potential use in chlorine resistance of polyethylene pipe is a timeintensive exercise. Previous studies have shown that simple bench top experiments in the solution phase, coupled with LC-MS as a rapid tool for evaluating the analysis of antioxidant reaction products after...

2012 Barcelona : Development of an enhanced chlorine resistant antioxidant package for potential use in polyethylene using a rapid LC-MS technique

Author(s) : Joseph Sebastian

The development of an antioxidant package for chlorine resistance of polyethylene pipe is a time-intensive exercise. The usual testing protocol consists of compounding a number of different additive packages into polyethylene, preparing molded samples and then aging these samples in a sodium hypochlorite bleach...

2010 Vancouver : Comparison of FNCT vs. PENT as commonly Used Test Methods for ESCR Performenc of HDPE

Author(s) : S.Joseph

Companies of LyondellBasell FNCT (Full Notched Creep Test, ISO DIS 16770-3) and PENT (Pennsylvania Notch Test, ASTM F-1473) are commonly used test methods to measure the stress-crack resistance of polyethylene resins used in pressure pipe applications. FNCT test is primarily used in Europe whereas the PENT test is...

1979 Brigthon : Pressure Fatigue Testing of Plastics Pipes

Author(s) : Joseph

The construction of apparatus for cyclic pressure fatigue testing of 60 mm and 168 mm diameter plastic pipes is described. The results of tests at 1 Hz at 20°C and at 10°C at various stress amplitudes and mean stress levels are given for 60 mm diameter uPVC pipe. A comparison is made between specimen lifetime and...