High sensitivity of positron annihilation to thermal oxidation of polyethylene

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 654-656

  Ito, Kenji ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshinori ^a   Nanasawa, Atsushi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b ASAHI KASEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEAT TREATMENT; PLASTIC FILMS; POSITRONS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOOXIDATION;

POSITRON ANNIHILATION;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0037468057     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1540730     Document Type: Article

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