Effects of gamma irradiation, irradiation environment, and postirradiation aging on thermal and tensile properties of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fibers

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2075-2084

  Deng, Meng ^a   Latour, R A ^a   Drews, M J ^b   Shalaby, Shalaby W ^a,c  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Poly Med Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACES; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

INSTRON TENSILE TESTER; POSTIRRADIATION AGING; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 0030241254     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4628(19960919)61:12<2075::AID-APP4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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