Degradation of urethane-foam-backed poly(vinyl chloride) studied using Raman and fluorescence microscopy

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1369-1376

  Remillard, J T ^a   Jones, J R ^a   Poindexter, B D ^a   Helms, J H ^a   Weber, W H ^a  

^a FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence imaging; Polymer degradation; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FOAMED PLASTICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYURETHANES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

DEHYDROCHLORINATION; POLYENES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032204434     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/0003702981942942     Document Type: Article

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