Radiation processing of polymers and its applications

Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 737-759

  Tamada, Masao ^a   Maekawa, Yasunari ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; ELECTRIC WIRE; POLYMERS; RUBBER; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; WHEELS;

ITS APPLICATIONS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; POLYMER CHAINS; RADIATION PROCESSING; STRONG INTERACTION; TACK STRENGTH;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 84861953254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10389     Document Type: Chapter

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