Post-irradiation oxidation of different polyethylenes

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 624-629

  Carpentieri, Ilenia ^a   Brunella, Valentina ^a   Bracco, Pierangiola ^a   Paganini, Maria Cristina ^a   Brach Del Prever, Elena Maria ^a   Luda, Maria Paola ^a   Bonomi, Sara ^b   Costa, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Bioster SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

e Beam irradiation; Oxidation; Polyethylene; Radicals

Indexed keywords

ALKYL RADICALS; AMORPHOUS PHASE; CRYSTALLINE LAMELLA; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGREES OF CRYSTALLINITY; E-BEAM IRRADIATION; ELECTRON-BEAM IRRADIATIONS; EPR SPECTROSCOPY; ETHYLENE-OCTENE COPOLYMERS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IN-VACUUM; KEY FACTORS; MACRORADICALS; MIGRATION TIME; NO OXIDATION; OXIDATION PROCESS; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; POLYMER STRUCTURE; POSTIRRADIATION; RADIATION-INDUCED; RADICALS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; UHMW-PE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ETHYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; THERMOPLASTICS;

RADIATION;

EID: 79952184086     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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