Kinetics of thermal degradation and estimation of lifetime for polypropylene particles: Effects of particle size

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-35

  Paik, Pradip ^a   Kar, Kamal K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Lifetime; Polypropylene nanoparticle; Thermal degradation kinetics; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; MICROMETERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PYROLYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

NANOMETER SCALE; POLYPROPYLENE NANOPARTICLES;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 38349076003     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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