Hydrothermal ageing of radiation cured epoxy resin-polyether sulfone blends as matrices for structural composites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 677-683

  Alessi, S ^a   Conduruta, D ^a   Pitarresi, G ^a   Dispenza, C ^a   Spadaro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Hydrothermal ageing; Radiation curing; Structural composites

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; AGEING TREATMENTS; CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES; CURE REACTIONS; CURED EPOXY; CURED EPOXY RESINS; CURING DEGREE; CURING PROCESS; DEGRADATION REACTION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE PROPERTY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTS; HYDROTHERMAL AGEING; MILD TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; NONTHERMAL; POLYETHER SULFONE; RADIATION CURING; RESISTANCE TO AGEING; SOLID MATERIAL; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL CURING; THERMAL TREATMENT; THERMOPLASTIC BLENDS;

CARBON FIBERS; CURING; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAMS; EPOXY RESINS; FRACTURE; HEAT TREATMENT; IRRADIATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RESINS; THERMOANALYSIS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77349122104     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.11.038     Document Type: Article

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