Plastic flow

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A property exhibited by the deformation of a plastic when a stress is applied that is equal to or greater than its yield value. Very few polymers actually show plastic flow under pressure. One example is putty (Lewis 1993).

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plastic deformation

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Theodore J. Reinhart, 'Glossary of Terms', Engineered Plastics, ASM International, 1988

Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

Plastic flow

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