Natural weathering of polypropylene in a tropical zone

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 931-938

  Bedia, Elinor L ^a   Paglicawan, Marissa A ^a   Bernas, Cynthia V ^a   Bernardo, Severino T ^a   Tosaka, Masatoshi ^b   Kohjiya, Shinzo ^b  

^a Industrial Technology Development Institute Philippines   (Philippines)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Degradation; Polypropylene; Surface structure; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRACK INITIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERIC FACTORS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

AGING; DEGRADATION; GEOSYNTHETICS; GEOTEXTILE; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 0037034440     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.11388     Document Type: Article

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