... Intersaence, New York. 1 948 . 3. J I), Ferry. Viscoelastic properties of Polymers, 3rd ed., Wiley. New York, 1980. 4. I , n, Nielsen. Mechanical Properties of Polymers. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New ... points of many common polymers. More complete tables of melting points and heats of fusions may be found in Refs. 4, 38, 140 , and 141 . Chemical structure factors affect the melting point and ... behavior of polymers, and since these factors can be varied over a wide range, the mechani-cal properties of crystalline polymers take on a bewildering array of possibilities. The nature of the mechanical...