A phenomenological approach to obtaining correlations between accelerated and outdoor exposure test results for organic materials

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 494-499

  Jorgensen, Gary J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated testing; Organic materials; Outdoor testing; Performance degradation; Service life prediction; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEGRADATION; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEALANTS; SERVICE LIFE; WEATHERING;

ACCELERATED TESTING; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OUTDOOR TESTING; SERVICE LIFE PREDICTION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 23844469879     PISSN: 00903973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jte12600     Document Type: Article

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