A study of the radiation chemistry of poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene) by ESR spectroscopy

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 857-864

  Hill, David J T ^a   Thurecht, Kristofer J ^a   Whittaker, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ESR study; G values; Poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene); Radicals; radiolysis

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; ETHYLENE; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOLYSIS;

PHOTOBLEACHING; RADICALS;

RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLY(CHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLEACHING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; RECORDING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

EID: 0242655029     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(03)00313-X     Document Type: Article

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