Condition monitoring methods applied to degradation of chlorosulfonated polyethylene cable jacketing materials

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1273-1288

  Gillen, Kenneth T ^a   Assink, Roger ^a   Bernstein, Robert ^a   Celina, Mathew ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chlorosulfonated polyethylene; Condition monitoring; Modulus; NMR relaxation; Solvent uptake

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; CORRELATION METHODS; CROSSLINKING; ELASTIC MODULI; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION;

CHLOROSULFONATED POLYETHYLENE; NMR RELAXATION; SOLVENT UPTAKE;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 33646337687     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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