Radiation degradation of blends polypropylene/poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1312-1317

  Przybytniak, Grazyna ^a   Mirkowski, Krzysztof ^a   Rafalski, Andrzej ^a   Nowicki, Andrzej ^a   Kornacka, Ewa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

EVA; Ionizing radiation; Polypropylene blends

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ENTHALPY; FREE RADICALS; IONIZING RADIATION; OXIDATION; POLYPROPYLENES; RADIATION EFFECTS;

MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLYPROPYLENE BLENDS; RADIATION DEGRADATION;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON BEAM; ENTHALPY; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MELTING POINT; OXIDATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 34248674635     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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