Wetting is produced when this surface active agent decreases the cohesion within a liquid. For wetting to occur, the adhesive force between the two phases (solid and liquid) is greater than the cohesive force within the liquid....
A fiber reinforcement material is coated with a polymer compound as a liquid prior to wrapping on a mandrel in the filament wound manufacturing process....
A reinforced plastic manufacturing process where the polymer compound is applied as a liquid as the reinforcement is put into place....
The percentage of water absorbed by a material when immersed in water for 24 hours; water absorbed in a material chiefly affects its electrical properties....
A nonuniform change in internal stresses resulting distortion or warp of the material....
The measure of ratio of the potential gradient parallel to the current in the material to the current in density....
Those resins that have not experienced any heat history through previous extrusion or other plastics processes and are in essence, “new”....
The temperature at which a flat ended needle will penetrate a specimen under a specific load using a uniform rate of temperature rise....
A process whereby a heated plastic sheet is drawn against a mold surface by evacuating the air between it and the mold....
