Prediction of outdoor weathering performance of polypropylene filaments by accelerated weathering tests

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-109

  Yang, Xudong ^a   Ding, Xin ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerated weathering; Outdoor weathering; Photo oxidation; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOOXIDATION; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; POLYPROPYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT REDUCTION; OUTDOOR WEATHERING; POLYPROPYLENE FILAMENTS; WEATHERING TEST;

WEATHERING;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; WEATHERING;

EID: 32144441815     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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