Structural changes in highly crosslinked polyethylene irradiated in absence of oxygen

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 425-429

  Marinovic Cincovic M ^a   Kacarevic Popovic Z ^a   Babic D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Polyethylene; Supermolecular structure; Irradiation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECIFIC HEAT;

SUPERMOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; EVALUATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEATING; IONIZING RADIATION; MELTING POINT; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0038696003     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(03)00079-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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