An investigation of the accelerated thermal degradation of different epoxy resin composites using X-ray microcomputed tomography and optical coherence tomography

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1814-1824

  Awaja, Firas ^a,e   Arhatari, Benedicta ^b   Wiesauer, Karin ^c   Leiss, Elisabeth ^c   Stifter, David ^d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH (RECENDT)   (Austria)

^d JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epoxy resin; Optical coherence tomography; Syntactic foam; Thermal damage; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRACKS; FILLERS; FOAMS; GLASS; MICROCRACKS; MICROSPHERES; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTODEGRADATION; REINFORCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCELERATED THERMAL DEGRADATION; HOLLOW GLASS MICROSPHERES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SYNTACTIC FOAMS; THERMAL DAMAGE; X RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 79951510304     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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