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We have recently been studying the effect of molecular weight and molecular weight distribution on the cold drawing behaviour of linear polyethylene. Some of the results seem to be sufficiently unusual to warrant reporting at this stage.
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CAPACCIO, G., WARD, I. Properties of Ultra-high Modulus Linear Polyethylenes. Nature Physical Science 243, 143 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci243143a0
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