Long-term weathering behavior of UV-curable clearcoats: Depth profiling of photooxidation, UVA, and HALS distributions

Journal of Coatings Technology and Research

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 529-538

  Seubert, C M ^a,b   Nichols, M E ^a   Kucherov, A V ^a,c  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b SRL ^*  (United States)

^c N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ATR; EB; FTIR; Photodegradation; Radiation cure; UV; UV spectroscopy; UVA HALS; Weatherability

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; THERMOSTATS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATR; RADIATION CURE; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT ABSORBERS (UVA)/HAL; WEATHERABILITY;

COATING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 23844484689     PISSN: 15470091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11998-005-0012-z     Document Type: Article

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