Changes in physicochemical and mechanical properties of electron-beam irradiated polypropylene syringes as a function of irradiation dose

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 841-851

  Fintzou, Athanasia T ^a   Badeka, Anastasia V ^a   Kontominas, Michael G ^a   Stahl, Mario R ^b   Riganakos, Kyriakos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron beam radiation; Mechanical properties; Physicochemical properties; PP syringes; Radiolysis products

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOLYSIS; SYRINGES;

ELECTRON-BEAM RADIATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; PP SYRINGES; RADIOLYSIS PRODUCTS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELECTRON BEAM; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLYSIS; STRENGTH; SYRINGE;

EID: 33847356391     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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