Comparison of different photo-oxidation conditions of poly(vinyl chloride) for outdoor applications

Polymer Testing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 743-751

  Pimentel Real, L E ^a   Ferraria, A M ^b   Botelho do Rego, A M ^b  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b Centro de Quimica Fisica Molecular   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Artificial ageing; FTIR spectroscopy; Poly(vinyl chloride); Weathering; XPS

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALENDERING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; FILLERS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; JETS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTORESISTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM OPTICS; RATE CONSTANTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFATE MINERALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZINC;

ACCELERATED AGEING; ARTIFICIAL AGEING; CHLORIDE IONS; DARK PERIODS; DEGRADA TION REACTION; DIBUTYLTIN; DOUBLE BONDS; FTIR MEASUREMENTS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HOMOGENEOUS LAYERING; INORGANIC FILLERS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MALEATE; NATURAL EXPOSURE; NATURAL WEATHERING; ORGANIC PRODUCTS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; OXIDATIVE CONDITIONS; PHOTO OXIDATIONS; POLY(VINYL CHLORIDE); PVC FORMULATIONS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADICAL ATTACKS; RELATIVE RATES; SUPERFICIAL LAYERS; WATER JETTING; WATER SPRAYING; WEATHERING; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY XPS; XPS; YELLOWING INDEX;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ESCA; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; OXIDATION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RADIATION; SPRAYING; WATER; X RAY SPECTRA; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 49349109318     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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