Effect of dicumyl peroxide crosslinking on the UV stability of ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) elastomers containing 5-ethylene-2-norbornene (ENB)

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 484-491

  Snijders, Emile A ^a,b   Boersma, Arjen ^a,b   Van Baarle, Ben ^a   Gijsman, Pieter ^b,c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^c DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 Ethylidene 2 norbornene; Degradation; Dicumylperoxide; EPDM; Ethylene propylene diene rubber; Stability; UV

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; MICROHARDNESS; MONOMERS; OXYGEN; PROPYLENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

5-ETHYLIDENE-2-NORBORNENE; DICUMYLPEROXIDE; EPDM; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-DIENE RUBBER; UV;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 20344402851     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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