Post-irradiation time effects on the graft of poly(ethylene-alt-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE) films for ion exchange membrane application

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-249

  Geraldes, Adriana N ^a   Zen, Heloísa A ^a   Ribeiro, Geise ^a   Ferreira, Henrique P ^a   Souza, Camila P ^a   Parra, Duclerc F ^a   Santiago, Elisabete I ^a   Lugão, Ademar B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Poly(ethylene alt tetrafluoroethylene); Radiation induced grafting; Styrene

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-DICHLOROETHANES; ACID-BASE TITRATION; CELL TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL CHANGE; CHLOROSULFONIC ACID; DEGREE OF GRAFTING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; FTIR; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; GAS PRESSURES; GRAFTED FILMS; GRAFTING DEGREE; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; POLY(ETHYLENE-ALT-TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE); POSTIRRADIATION; RADIATION-INDUCED GRAFTING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIMULTANEOUS IRRADIATION; SINGLE CELL PERFORMANCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENT;

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); ION EXCHANGE; IONS; IRRADIATION; RADIATION; STYRENE; TITRATION;

ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; CHLOROSULFONIC ACID; COBALT 60; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; POLY(ETHYLENE ALT TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE); POLYMER; STYRENE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SULFONATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 74449088536     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.08.029     Document Type: Article

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