Quantification of radiation induced crosslinking in a commercial, toughened silicone rubber, TR55 by 1H MQ-NMR

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 456-464

  Maxwell, Robert S ^d   Chinn, Sarah C ^a   Alviso, Cynthia T ^a   Harvey, Chris A ^a   Giuliani, Jason R ^c   Wilson, Thomas S ^a   Cohenour, Rebecca ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HONEYWELL   (United States)

^c Sierra College   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Crosslinking; NMR; Radiation; Silicones

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SILICONES; SPIN DYNAMICS;

BI-MODAL DISTRIBUTIONS; CHAIN SCISSIONS; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; CROSSLINKING; FILLER SURFACES; MULTIPLE-QUANTUM NMR; NETWORK CHAINS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NMR; NMR ANALYSIS; PEROXIDE CURING; RADIATION-INDUCED CROSS-LINKING; RADIATION-INDUCED DEGRADATIONS; RESIDUAL DIPOLAR COUPLINGS; SILICONE COMPOSITES; SILICONE POLYMERS; SILICONE RUBBERS; SOL FRACTIONS; SPIN ECHOES; VOLATILE SPECIES;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 59349107035     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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