Enhanced wear resistance of gamma-irradiated PTFE and FEP polymers and the effect of post-irradiation environmental handling

Wear

Volumn 258, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 935-941

  Menzel, Brian ^a   Blanchet, Thierry A ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Friction; Polymer; Radiation; Wear

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHYLENE; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; PROPYLENE; WEAR RESISTANCE;

AGEING; FLUORINATED ETHYLENE PROPYLENE (FEP); POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLNE (PTFE); SLIDING;

POLYMERS;

WEAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 12144281385     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2004.09.051     Document Type: Article

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