Positron annihilation in polypropylene studied by lifetime and coincidence Doppler-broadening spectroscopy

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 689-695

  Djourelov, N ^a   He, C ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Shantarovich, V P ^b   Ito, Y ^a,c   Kondo, K ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carbonyl group; Coincidence Doppler system; Core electrons; Doppler broadening; Irradiation effect; Positron annihilation; PP

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; DOPPLER EFFECT; IRRADIATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

POSITRON IRRADIATION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; DOPPLER BROADENING SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON; IRRADIATION; LIFESPAN; MEASUREMENT; POSITRON; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0242660832     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(03)00442-0     Document Type: Article

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