Effect of liquid additives on graft copolymerization of styrene onto perirradiated poly(Ethylene-Co-tetrafluoroethylene) films

International Journal of Applied Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-203

  Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud ^a   Rohani, Rosiah ^a   Saidi, Hamdani ^a   Dahlan, Khairul Zaman Mohd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ETFE films; Liquid additives; Radiation induced grafting; Styrene; Swelling behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951907360     PISSN: 09731792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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