Action of water in the degradation of low-density polyethylene studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 506-511

  Massey, S ^a   Adnot, A ^a   Rjeb, A ^b   Roy, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Damage mechanism; Hydrolytic degradation; Low density polyethylene; Oxidation; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255125786     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.72     Document Type: Article

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