Correlation of antioxidant depletion and mechanical performance during thermal degradation of an HTPB elastomer

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1870-1879

  Celina, M ^a   Skutnik Elliott, J M ^a   Winters, S T ^a   Assink, R A ^a   Minier, L M ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated polymer degradation; Antioxidant analysis; Antioxidant depletion and effectiveness; Condition monitoring; Lifetime prediction

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; MONITORING; PYROLYSIS; STANDARDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ACCELERATED POLYMER DEGRADATION; ANTIOXIDANT ANALYSIS; ANTIOXIDANT DEPLETION AND EFFECTIVENESS; LIFETIME PREDICTION;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 33646509261     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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