Monitoring of the physical aging of radiation cross-linked conductive rubber blends containing clay nanofiller

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1444-1449

  Madani, M ^a   Aly, R A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

^b HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Nanofiller; Polymer blend; Radiation cross linking; Thermal aging

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AGING PROCESS; CM METHOD; CONDUCTIVE CARBON; CONDUCTIVE RUBBER; DENSITY CHANGE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; IN-SITU; MASS LOSS; NANOFILLER; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE CONDITIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PHYSICAL AGING; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMERIC MATERIAL; POTENTIAL SENSOR; PROPERTY CHANGES; RADIATION CROSS-LINKING; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVE METHOD; THERMAL OXIDATION; WIRE AND CABLE;

CABLES; CARBON BLACK; CLAY MINERALS; COLOR; CONDITION MONITORING; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OXIDATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; RUBBER; SOLVENTS; THERMAL AGING;

INSULATION;

EID: 72049125084     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.08.047     Document Type: Article

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