Degradation issues of polymer materials used in railway field

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1723-1735

  Ito, Mikiya ^a   Nagai, Kazukiyo ^b  

^a RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degradation condition; Mass production polymer; Polymer degradation; Railway; Test method

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INDUSTRIAL RAILROADS; KETONES; MAINTENANCE; MECHANISMS; POLYMERS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; STANDARDS; SULFATE MINERALS; THERMOANALYSIS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

AIR-ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL-; DEGRADATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; DEGRADATION CONDITION; DEGRADATION FACTORS; DEGRADATION MECHANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INDUSTRIAL FIELDS; MASS PRODUCTION POLYMER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DETERMINATION; OXIDATIVE REACTIONS; POLYMER DEGRADATION; POLYMER MATERIALS; POLYMER PRODUCTS; RAILWAY; SAMPLE COLLECTION; TEST METHOD; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 52049123293     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.07.011     Document Type: Review

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