Artificial ageing of tri-layer polyethylene film used as greenhouse cover under the effect of the temperature and the UV-A simultaneously

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 864-869

  Dehbi, Abdelkader ^a,b   Bouaza, Amar ^a   Hamou, Ahmed ^b   Youssef, Boulos ^c   Saiter, Jean Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Degradation; DSC; FTIR; LDPE; Life time; Tri layer film; Ultraviolet A radiation

Indexed keywords

AGEING; DSC; FTIR; LDPE; LIFE TIME; TRI-LAYER FILM; ULTRAVIOLET-A RADIATION;

DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSES; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRESSES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; TENSILE TESTING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOPLASTICS; YIELD STRESS;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 70350072525     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.07.047     Document Type: Article

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