The effects of high energy electron beam irradiation on the thermal and structural properties of low density polyethylene

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 962-966

  Murray, Kieran A ^a   Kennedy, James E ^a   McEvoy, Brian ^b   Vrain, Olivier ^b   Ryan, Damien ^b   Higginbotham, Clement L ^a  

^a Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

^b Isotron IDA Business an Technology Park   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Electron beam irradiation; Low density polyethylene; Structural properties; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

AIR ATMOSPHERE; AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS; CARBONYL GROUPS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DOUBLE BONDS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; FTIR ANALYSIS; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; HIP REPLACEMENTS; IR SPECTRUM; IRRADIATED SAMPLES; IRRADIATION DOSE; MODULATED DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICRYSTALLINES; TRANS-VINYLENE;

CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIP PROSTHESES; IRRADIATION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; POLYETHYLENES; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; MELTING POINT; OXIDATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861942511     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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