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Polymer Testing (12) (1993) 477-479 CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 Number 1 RR SS cea ers ae men en ge eR Lae Ne! Rect a 3 mae MN mR? GmO re ee Ne 1 The Determination of Diffusion Parameters of Swollen Polyvinyl Alcohol Membranes from the Modified Solution Diffusion Equation M.-H. YANG & T.-J. CHU (Taiwan) Problems Associated with the Compression Testing of Fibre Reinforced Plastic SE 4 es 65s eek ee a le lak oe Ras 2 we 15 J. F.H ARPER, N. A. MILLER & S. C. YAP (UK) A Study of the Microhardness of Ethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate (EGDM)/Poly- (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) Network Polymer. ............. 31 R. BAJPAI, M. K. KUMAR & S. C. DATT (India) Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Single-Ply Roof Coverings for Low-Slope Roofs and the Influence of Water ...................4.. 35 K. OBA & F. BJORK (Sweden) The Determination of Interaction Parameter x, for Polyvinyl Alcohol and Water ey es ge ke A ee we AWE ke ae 57 M.-H. YANG & T.-J. CHU (Taiwan) A New Instrument to Study the Role of Chain Rupture in the Fracture of Glassy gn vig) kk eee ne ae ae a ce Net) eine lie ig 6s 65 N. MOHAMMADI, R. BAGHERI, G. A. MILLER, A. KLEIN & L. H. SPERLING (USA) Steady State Crack Propagation in Small Specimens of Polymers of Varying NE ioe ae geek aoe Le Wk ik OG ea a OS: ee ee 79 J.P. DEAR & P. A. IBRU (UK) a ee i ne ein ae io oe oa Re ee cd I ii ag AG aa a eens ei ee ei a Hydraulic Permeation of Water Through Water-Swollen Polymer Membrane: Application to Heat-Treated Polyvinyl Alcohol Membrane .......... 97 MU-HOE YANG & TZONG-JENG CHU (Taiwan) 477 Polymer Testing (12) (1993)—© 1993 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd, England. Printed in Northern Ireland 478 Contents of Volume 12 Density Measurement of Rice Husk Ash Filler Particles in Polypropylene Composites M. Y. AHMAD FUAD, I. YAAKOB, Z. A. MOHD ISHAK & A. K. MOHD OMAR (Malaysia) A New Approach to Evaluating Inter-laboratory Testing Precision ALAN G. VEITH (USA) A Comparative DSC Method for Physical Aging Measurement of Polymers . . . Z. N. QI, Z. H. WAN & Y. P. CHEN (People’s Republic of China) Number 3 Editorial A Device for Determining the Permeability of Polymer Films Used for Food Products Packaging N. TADLAOUI, B. CLEMENT (France), J. NAMIESNIK (Poland) & L. TORRES (France) A Fracture Toughness Test for Polymer Film J. T. TIELKING (USA) Additive Effect on Bulk Phase Structure and Properties of Processed PVC O. P. OBANDE, B. K. MAILABARI & Y. H. BENJI (Nigeria) The Vicat Softening Temperature as a Method to Assess the Phase Behaviour of Amorphous Polymer Blends S. BASTIDA, J. I. EGUIAZABAL & J. NAZABAL (Spain) Optical Properties of Cuprammonium Fibres A. A. HAMZA, M. A. AMER, H. I. ABD EL-KADER & A. M. NASR (Egypt) Study on the Relationship Between the Mechanical Properties and Processing for Self-Reinforced Polymers: 1—A Theory of Stress-Induced Crystallization for Entangled Polymer Networks M. SONG, G. HU, H. CHEN & Q. ZHU (People’s Republic of China) Announcement Editorial Interferometric Studies on Fibres with Irregular Transverse Sections A. A. HAMZA, M. A. AMER, H. I. A. EL-KADER & A. M. NASR (Egypt) Study on the Relationship Between the Mechanical Properties and Processing for Self-Reinforced Polymers: 2—A Quantitative Characterization of Tensile Modulus for Self-Reinforced Polymers M. SONG, G. HU & Q. ZHU (People’s Republic of China) Contents of Volume 12 Compatibility of Polyacrylonitrile-Butadiene with Polyvinylchloride as Explored by Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Current ...........2.2.. 335 M. D. MIGAHED, M. ISHRA, A. EL-KHODARY & T. FAHMY (Egypt) Improving Precision of Rubber Test Methods: Part1—Hardness ....... 351 G. SPETZ (Sweden) PE a a ke Sh a ee RR ee ee ee 379 Number 5 6s es yw a ee a Oe crates a we 381 Local Orthotropic Shrinkage Determination in Injected Moulded Polymer Plates 383 G. REGNIER & J. P. TROTIGNON (France) An Etching Technique for Morphological Investigation of TPU/ABS Blends by RU ge a ea sae eg Se a eee Qe mea gg a rg) eRe 393 R. DE J. SANTOS, J. C. BRUNO, M. T. M. B. SILVA & R. C. R. NUNES (Brazil) Specimen Design for Mechanical Testing of Highly-Oriented Polymers .... . 401 N. E. BEKHET (Egypt), D. C.B ARTON & G. CRAGGS (UK) Polymers Used as Viscosity Index Improvers: A Comparative Study ...... 415 F. M. B. COUTINHO & S. C. S. TEIXEIRA (Brazil) Durability of Polymers—Material Property Data. ..........2.2.2.. 423 R. P. BROWN (UK) Effect of Gamma-Ray Irradiation on the Mechanical Strength of Polystyrene— 3 gg gg) ea ek ae eg pg ge ew 429 P. PARASHAR & S. C. DATT (India) Microhardness Testing of Plastics: Literature Review. ............ 437 J. LOPEZ (UK) Test Procedures for Artificial Weathering .................. 459 R. P. BROWN (UK) A Microhardness Test to Analyse Thermal Change in Guargum, Polyacrylonitrile I ng es ea gg ek gre ee 467 P. PARASHAR, S. C. DATT, A. JAIN & U. D. N. BAJPAI (India)