Ortho-positronium lifetime and intensity in pressure-densified amorphous polymers

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 535-538

  Schmidt, M ^a   Maurer, F H J ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPOLYMERS; DENSIFICATION; POSITRONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VOLUME FRACTION;

FREE VOLUME; ORTHO POSITRONIUM LIFETIME; PRESSURE DENSIFIED AMORPHOUS POLYMERS;

POLYMERIC GLASS;

COPOLYMER; GLASS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOLING; LIQUID; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSITRONIUM; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034213729     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(00)00213-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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