Post-irradiation grafting of styrene onto polyethylene

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 521-524

  Dondi, D ^a   Buttafava, A ^a   Faucitano, A ^a   Arimondi, M ^b   Ballabio, O ^b   Caracino, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; EPR; Polyethylene; Radiation grafting

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPONENTS; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; ENERGY TRANSFER EFFECTS; EPR; GRAFTED POLYSTYRENE; GRAFTING REACTIONS; POSTIRRADIATION; RADIATION GRAFTING; RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOOXIDATION;

ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEROXIDES; POLYSTYRENES; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; STYRENE;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

PEROXIDE; POLYETHYLENE; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 67349162112     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.03.038     Document Type: Article

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