Reaction mechanism and rheological properties of polypropylene irradiated under various atmospheres

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 3-6, 2000, Pages 389-392

  Lugão, Ademar B ^a   Hutzler, Beatriz ^b   Ojeda, Telmo ^c   Tokumoto, Shinichi ^c   Siemens, Richard ^c   Makuuchi, Keizo ^d   Villavicencio, Anna Lucia C H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b EMBRARAD   (Brazil)

^c Polo Petroquímico de Triunfo ^*

^d TAKASAKI ADVANCED RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTECTIVE ATMOSPHERES; REACTION KINETICS; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; LONG CHAIN BRANCHING; MELT STRENGTH PROPERTIES; REACTION MECHANISM; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

IRRADIATION;

ANTIOXIDANT; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0034075772     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00473-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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