A new equipment to measure the combined effects of humidity, temperature, mechanical stress and UV exposure on the creep behaviour of polymers

Polymer Testing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-54

  Scaffaro, R ^a   Tzankova Dintcheva, N ^a   La Mantia, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Creep; Humidity effects; New equipment; Photo degradation; UV exposure

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CREEP; IRRADIATION; MOISTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMIDITY EFFECTS; PHOTO DEGRADATION; UV EXPOSURE;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 38149016790     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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