Relationship between chemical degradation and thickness loss of an amine-cured epoxy coating exposed to different UV environments

Journal of Coatings Technology and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-184

  Rezig, Aziz ^a   Nguyen, Tinh ^a   Martin, David ^a   Sung, Lipiin ^a   Gu, Xiaohong ^a   Jasmin, Joan ^a   Martin, Jonathan W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural; Atomic force microscopy; ATR; Durability; Epoxy; Epoxy resins; FTIR; Photodegradation; Service life prediction; Thermoset; Weatherability

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CURING; DURABILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTODEGRADATION; THERMOSETS;

CHEMICAL LOSS; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY (LSCM); SERVICE LIFE PREDICTION; WEATHERABILITY;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 33747479885     PISSN: 15470091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02774507     Document Type: Article

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