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The torsional braid technique was used to monitor the changes in rigidity and damping characteristics of a polybenzimidazole as it changes from a thermoplastic polymer to a thermoset resin at about 450 degrees C. In an intermediate process the thermoplastic backbone of the polymer becomes flexible.
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J. K. Gillham (1963) studied this question.
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