Photothermal imaging of dehydrochlorination in poly(vinyl chloride) films

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 685-702

  Prystay, M C ^a   Power, J F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS;

DEHYDROCHLORINATION; HEAT DIFFUSION; IMPULSE LASER PHOTOPYROELECTRIC EFFECT SPECTROMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEM THEORY; PHOTOTHERMAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOTHERMAL IMAGING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE FILMS; THERMAL EFFUSIVITY;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0030109518     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10456     Document Type: Article

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