Effect of photo-oxidation cracks on behaviour of thick polypropylene samples

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-67

  Yakimets, Iryna ^a   Lai, Dawei ^a   Guigon, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cracks; Photo degradation; Polypropylene; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; EXTRUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PHOTOOXIDATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EXCITED ELECTRONIC STATES; NATURAL POLYPROPYLENES; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 4544368574     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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