Study of the effect of γ-absorbed dose on degradation of polypropylene/starch-filled polymer containing photo-initiators by spectroscopic methods

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 765-769

  Bagheri, Rouhollah ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

irradiation; Carbonyl formation; Corn starch; Photo initiator; Polypropylene; UV absorption

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; ABSORBED DOSE; CARBONYL FORMATION; CORN STARCH; FILLED POLYMERS; FTIR; IRRADIATED SAMPLES; LINEAR DECREASE; PHOTO-INITIATOR; PHOTOINITIATORS; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; UV ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; CARBONYLATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; THERMOPLASTICS;

STARCH;

POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; GAMMA RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 67649623166     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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