Characterization of physical and chemical aging of polymeric solar materials by mechanical testing

Polymer Testing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-81

  Kahlen, S ^a   Jerabek, M ^a   Wallner, G M ^b   Lang, R W ^b  

^a POLYMER COMPETENCE CENTER LEOBEN GMBH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Mechanical testing; Polymer films; Solar thermal application

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHEMICAL AGING; CROSSLINKED; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS; LARGE DATA; LARGE STRAINS; MECHANICAL TESTS; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; POLYPHENYLENE ETHERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SOLAR MATERIALS; STRAIN BEHAVIORS; STRAIN VALUES; THERMAL APPLICATIONS; ULTIMATE FAILURE; VIDEOEXTENSOMETRY; YIELD BEHAVIORS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ETHERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; POLYPHENYLENE OXIDES; POLYSTYRENES; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 72449183079     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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