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Transparent plastics turn opaque when deformed due to stress whitening and microcracks

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Transparent polymers and adhesives commonly develop opacity and whitening when subjected to mechanical stress and deformation due to internal structural changes and microcracking.

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Stress Whitening as an Observation Method of Residual Stress in MABS Polymer Material through the Example of Holding Pressure in an Injection Molding Process

2020 · cited by 12

Demonstrates that translucent MABS polymers exhibit stress whitening when deformed under tension, allowing optical visualization of residual stresses.

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Investigation of Stress-Whitening in Transparent Structural Silicone Adhesive

2012 · cited by 0

Investigates the stress whitening behavior of a transparent structural silicone adhesive under tensile and shear loading.

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