Accelerated ageing of polyurethanes for marine applications

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1455-1464

  Davies, Peter ^a   Evrard, Guy ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b LRCCP Laboratoire de Recherches et de Contrôle du Caoutchouc et des Plastiques   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerated test; Ageing; Marine; Polyurethane; Sea water

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ARRHENIUS PLOTS; ESTUARIES; EXTRAPOLATION; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

ACCELERATED TESTS; IMMERSION; SEA TEMPERATURES; SEA WATER;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 34547411995     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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