Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy studies of irradiated poly(propylene-co-ethylene)/poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) blends

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-47

  Misheva, M ^a   Mihaylova, M ^c   Djourelov, N ^b   Kresteva, M ^a   Krestev, V ^a   Nedkov, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF POLYMERS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Electron irradiation of polymers; Poly(ethylene co vinyl acetate) poly(propylene co ethylene) blends; Positron annihilation

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COPOLYMERS; CROSSLINKING; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; WIDE ANGLE X RAY DIFFRACTION (WAXD);

POLYMER BLENDS;

COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LIFESPAN; POSITRON; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034058689     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00351-5     Document Type: Article

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