Influence of radiation temperature on the crosslinking of nitrile rubber by electron beam irradiation

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-521

  Vijayabaskar, V ^a   Stephan, M ^a   Kalaivani, S ^a   Volke, S ^a   Heinrich, G ^a   Dorschner, H ^a   Bhowmick, A K ^b   Wagenknecht, U ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Charlesby Pinner plot; Electron beam; Gel fraction; Infrared spectroscopy; Irradiation; Mechanical properties; Nitrile rubber

Indexed keywords

CHARLESBY-PINNER PLOT; GEL FRACTION; NITRILE RUBBER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CROSSLINKING; ELECTRON BEAMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

RADIATION;

3 PHENYLENE BISMALEIMIDE; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACRYLONITRILE; ALKENE DERIVATIVE; ELASTOMER; IMIDE; MONOMER; NITRILE; RUBBER; TETRAMETHYLOLMETHANE TETRAACRYLATE; TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE TRIACRYLATE; TRIPROPYLENE GLYCOL DIACRYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON BEAM; GEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSTEOPHYTE; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; REFLECTOMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 39149106771     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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