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brovonovyesterday at 9:27 PM3 repliesview on HN

Plastics under load have a lower Tg.


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Kirby64yesterday at 9:35 PM

Tg does not change with load.

HDT does, kind of, but that’s already covered by the load being defined for the various conditions. HDT is always defined at a specific load so it also does not change with load (since load is fixed).

hatsunearuyesterday at 9:28 PM

Isn't Tg a poorly defined metric? It seems like thermoplastics will lose their strength as temperature goes up and there's no abrupt transition where there's a near step-change in behavior

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CarVacyesterday at 9:30 PM

Tg changes? Or do you mean they deflect sooner under more load?

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