Condition monitoring approaches applied to a polychloroprene cable jacketing material

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-431

  Gillen, Kenneth T ^a   Assink, Roger A ^a   Bernstein, Robert ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Condition monitoring; Modulus; NMR relaxation; Polychloroprene; Solvent uptake; Swelling

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; ELASTOMERS; LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS; MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATION; SOLVENTS; SWELLING;

CABLE JACKETING MATERIAL; MODULUS; POLYCHLOROPRENE; SOLVENT UPTAKE;

CONDITION MONITORING;

EID: 2642580082     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.01.018     Document Type: Article

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