Photo-oxidation of thick isotactic polypropylene films. I. Characterization of the heterogeneous degradation kinetics

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 357-364

  Castejón, María Luisa ^a   Tiemblo, Pilar ^a   Gómez Elvira, José Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OSCILLATIONS; POLYPROPYLENES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOOXIDATION; THIN FILMS;

PHOTO-OXIDATION KINETICS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0034509743     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(00)00123-3     Document Type: Article

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