Degradation assessment of LDPE multilayer films used as a greenhouse cover: Natural and artificial aging impacts

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2702-2716

  Dehbi, Abdelkader ^a   Mourad, Abdel Hamid I ^b   Bouaza, Amar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

degradation; greenhouse; lifetime; natural and artificial aging; tri layer LDPE film; UV A

Indexed keywords

AGING TIME; AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE; ALGERIA; ARTIFICIAL AGING; COLOR ADDITIVES; COLOR MEASUREMENTS; COMBINED EFFECT; DEGRADATION ASSESSMENT; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; FILM MATERIALS; FREE SURFACE ENERGY; FTIR ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE COVER; LIFE SPAN; LIFETIME; MEASURED PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NATURAL AGING; NORTH AFRICA; POLYMER CHAINS; SERVICE LIFETIME; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TENSILE TESTS; TGA AND DSC; TRI-LAYER LDPE FILM; UV-A; UVA RADIATION;

DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTILAYER FILMS; STABILITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE TESTING;

GREENHOUSES;

EID: 84856693019     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.34928     Document Type: Article

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