Techniques for the analysis of aging signatures of silica-filled siloxanes

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-191

  Balazs, Bryan ^a   DeTeresa, Steve ^a   Maxwell, Robert ^a   Kokko, Ed ^a   Smith, Tait ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Finite element analysis; Modeling; Siloxane

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

SILOXANES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0141887155     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00189-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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