Abiotic degradation of LDPE and LLDPE formulated with a pro-oxidant additive

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 490-501

  Benítez, Alejandro ^a   Sánchez, Johan J ^a   Arnal, María L ^a   Müller, Alejandro J ^a   Rodríguez, Oliverio ^b   Morales, Graciela ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Degradation; Induction time; Oxo additive; Polyethylene; SSA

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC DEGRADATION; ACCELERATED DEGRADATION; BRANCHING POINTS; CAST FILM; CHAIN SCISSION; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION PROCESS; FTIR; INDUCTION TIME; LINEAR SEQUENCE; OXO-ADDITIVE; PHYSICAL CHANGES; PROOXIDANT; SENSITIVE TECHNIQUES; SSA; STRAIN AT BREAK; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TENSILE TESTS; THERMAL FRACTIONATION;

DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES; TENSILE TESTING;

OXIDANTS;

EID: 84872104191     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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