Thermal oxidation of metallocene ethylene-1-olefin copolymer films during one year oven aging

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1947-1951

  Acevedo, Mario Escudero ^a   Quijada, Raúl ^a   Vallette, Marcelo Campos ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

1 Olefin; Copolymers; Degradation; Metallocene; Polyethylene; Thermal oxidation

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; OLEFINS; ORGANOMETALLICS; OVENS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOVES; TENSILE TESTING; TESTING;

1-OLEFIN; BACKBONE POLYMER; C-O STRETCHING; CARBONYL INDICES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; CO MONOMERS; COMMERCIAL POLYMERS; COPOLYMER FILMS; COPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE-1-HEXENE; HOMO POLYMERS; INFRARED ABSORBANCE; METALLOCENE; OCTADECENE; OXIDATIVE AGEING; POLYETHYLENE; TENSILE TESTS; THERMAL OXIDATION; TIME INTERVALS; USEFUL LIFE; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 52049088919     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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