The effects of tensile stress and the agrochemical Vapam on the ageing of low density polyethylene (LDPE) agricultural films. Part I. Mechanical behaviour

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 489-503

  Briassoulis, Demetres ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ageing; Degradation; Greenhouse films; LDPE films; Mechanical behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRESS; THIN FILMS;

GREENHOUSE FILMS; LDPE FILMS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS;

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

AGING; CHEMICALS; DEGRADATION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRESS; THIN FILMS;

EID: 14844315724     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.11.021     Document Type: Article

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