Studies on the rubber phase stability in gamma irradiated polystyrene-SBR blends by using FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-162

  Martinez Barrera G ^a   Lopez H ^b   Castano V M ^c   Rodriguez R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

FTIR; Gamma irradiation; Izod impact; Polystyrene SBR blends; Raman

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; POLYSTYRENES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RUBBER;

STYRENE-BUTADIENE RUBBER (SBR);

POLYMER BLENDS;

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RADIATION DOSE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0346849822     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(03)00452-3     Document Type: Article

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