title: Thermal expansion of glassy polymers.
abstract: The thermal expansion of a number of glassy polymers of interest in dentistry has been studied using a quartz dilatometer. In some cases, the expansion was linear and therefore the coefficient of thermal expansion readily determined. Other polymers exhibited non-linear behaviour and values appropriate to different temperature ranges are quoted. The linear coefficient of thermal expansion was, to a first approximation, a function of both the molar volume and van der Waal's volume of the repeating unit.
authors: Dental School, Royal London Hospital Medical College IRC for BiomedicalMaterials, University of London, UK.
authors: K W
authors: KW
authors: Davy
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Braden
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003764:Dental Materials; D005898:Glass; D008422:Materials Testing; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003764:Dental Materials; D011108:Polymers