Product analysis for polyethylene degradation by radiation and thermal ageing

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-73

  Sugimoto, Masaki ^a,c   Shimada, Akihiko ^a   Kudoh, Hisaaki ^b   Tamura, Kiyotoshi ^a   Seguchi, Tadao ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; FTIR; Oxidation; Polyethylene; Radiation

Indexed keywords

AGEING; AGEING CONDITIONS; CABLE INSULATION; CARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE; CARBOXYLIC ESTERS; CHAIN REACTION; CHAIN SCISSION; CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; FT-IR-ATR; FTIR; OXIDATION MECHANISMS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; PEROXY RADICALS; PRODUCT ANALYSIS; SECONDARY PRODUCT; THERMALLY INDUCED REACTIONS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FREE RADICALS; HEAT RADIATION; OXIDATION; POLYETHYLENES;

THERMOPLASTICS;

ACID ANHYDRIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER; FREE RADICAL; POLYETHYLENE;

ABSORPTION; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84870358715     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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