Photo- and thermo-oxidative degradation of photocrosslinked ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 531-537

  Wang, Weizhi ^a   Qu, Baojun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; EPDM; Photo oxidation; Photocrosslinking; Thermo oxidation

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTOCROSSLINKING;

TERPOLYMERS;

EID: 0038486700     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00154-X     Document Type: Article

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