Thermal degradation studies of LDPE containing cobalt stearate as pro-oxidant

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Roy, P K ^a   Surekha, P ^a   Rajagopa, C ^a   Choudhary, V ^b  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Kinetics of degradation; LDPE; Thermal properties; Thermal stability; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749120999     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.32     Document Type: Article

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