Crystallinity changes and melting behavior of the uniaxially oriented iPP exposed to high doses of gamma radiation

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-286

  Stojanovic Z ^a   Kacarevic Popovic Z ^a   Galovic S ^a   Milicevic D ^a   Suljovrujic E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

DSC; Gamma irradiation; Gel content; iPP; Uniaxial orientation; WAXD

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; GELS; POLYOLEFINS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GEL CONTENT; SUPERMOLECULAR STRUCTURE; UNIAXIAL ORIENTATION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 12744272924     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.07.021     Document Type: Article

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