Accelerated weathering of polyaramid and polybenzimidazole firefighter protective clothing fabrics

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1642-1654

  Davis, Rick ^a   Chin, Joannie ^a   Lin, Chiao Chi ^a   Petit, Sylvain ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated weathering; Firefighter; Polyaramid; Polybenzimidazole

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED WEATHERING; AMIDE LINKAGES; BRITTLE FAILURES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; OUTER SHELLS; POLYARAMID FIBERS; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE FIBERS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATIONS; SIGNIFICANT SURFACES; TEAR RESISTANCE; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; WATER REPELLANTS;

AMIDES; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FABRICS; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SOIL MECHANICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER ABSORPTION; WEATHERING;

HOSIERY MANUFACTURE;

EID: 77955515662     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.05.029     Document Type: Article

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