Ageing characterization of commercial ethylene copolymer greenhouse films by analytical and mechanical methods

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-496

  Oreski, G ^a   Wallner, G M ^b   Lang, R W ^b  

^a POLYMER COMPETENCE CENTER LEOBEN GMBH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; GREENHOUSES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; THICK FILMS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

ACCELERATED WEATHERING; AGEING CHARACTERIZATIONS; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE MODES; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOURS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; VISIBLE/NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 67650617683     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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