Outdoor and accelerated weathering tests for polypropylene and polypropylene/talc composites: A comparative study of their weathering behavior

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2267-2274

  Azuma, Y ^a   Takeda, H ^b   Watanabe, S ^c   Nakatani, H ^d  

^a CALP Corporation   (Japan)

^b IDEMITSU KOSAN CO LTD   (Japan)

^c Suga Test Instruments Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Outdoor exposure; Polypropylene; Talc; Weathering test

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED WEATHERING; CARBON ARC LAMP; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; DEGRADATION RATE; METAL HALIDE; METAL HALIDE LAMP; OUTDOOR EXPOSURE; OUTDOOR WEATHERING; PP/TALC COMPOSITES; SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE; UV EXPOSURE; VISIBLE LIGHT; WEATHERING BEHAVIOR;

ACID RAIN; ACIDS; EROSION; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PUMPING PLANTS; SILICATE MINERALS; TALC; TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS; XENON;

WEATHERING;

EID: 70449123641     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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