Exposure of polymeric glazing materials using NREL's Ultra-Accelerated Weathering System (UAWS)

ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 293-299

  Bingham, Carl ^a   Jorgensen, Gary ^a   Wylie, Amy ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Formerly Baver Material Science AG   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED EXPOSURE; ACCELERATED WEATHERING; EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; LIGHT INTENSITY; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; OUTDOOR EXPOSURE; SAMPLE SETS; TEMPERATURE LIMITS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE;

GLASS FIBERS; GLAZES; MATERIALS TESTING; SCREENING; WEATHERING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84860269383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2010-90489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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