Abstract: | Experimental data regarding creep of polycarbonate in air, water, and 10% citric acid are presented. It is shown that there is a correlation between the rate of creep and the length of life of polycarbonate, which enables its long term strength to be predicted.Food Industry Technological Institute, Moscow. D. I. Medeleev Institute of Chemical Technology, Moscow. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 4, pp. 725–727, July–August, 1972. |