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Plastic Deformation
Polymers

· A low strain rate tensile stress/strain curve for a semi-crystalline polymer is illustrated.
· Molecular alignment takes place during the plastic deformation (drawing) process making the drawn material more crystalline and transparent (see below).

From: Callister, "Materials Science and Engineering," Wiley (1994), and 
Hertzberg, "Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials," Wiley (1989)