Radiation oxidation of polypropylene: A solid-state 13C NMR study using selective isotopic labeling

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 864-878

  Mowery, Daniel M ^a   Assink, Roger A ^a   Derzon, Dora K ^a   Klamo, Sara B ^b   Bernstein, Robert ^a   Clough, Roger L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; MACROMOLECULES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

PEROXIDIC PRODUCTS; RADIATION OXIDATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

ACETONE; ACID; ALCOHOL; CARBON; CARBON 13; ESTER; KETONE; PEROXIDE; POLYPROPYLENE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MACROMOLECULE; OXIDATION KINETICS; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 33847409632     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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