Determination of additive content in polymeric compounds with terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Polymer Testing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 614-618

  Wietzke, S ^a   Jansen, C ^a   Rutz, F ^a   Mittleman, D M ^b   Koch, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive content; Non destructive testing; Polymeric compounds; Terahertz spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYAMIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYPROPYLENES; TRANSPARENCY;

ADDITIVE-POLYMER SYSTEMS; COMPOUNDING PROCESSES; MATERIAL COMBINATION; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES;

ADDITIVES;

EID: 34250900897     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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