The effects of high energy electron beam irradiation in air on accelerated aging and on the structure property relationships of low density polyethylene

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 297, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-74

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

^a Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

^b Synergy Health   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Crosslink density; Dynamic frequency sweep; Electron beam irradiation conducted in air; Low density polyethylene; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; AGING PROCESS; CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; CROSSLINKED; CROSSLINKS; DEGREE OF CROSS-LINKING; DOUBLE BONDS; DYNAMIC FREQUENCY; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FREQUENCY SWEEP; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION DOSE; MONOMERIC UNITS; NUMERICAL DATA; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; OXYGEN PERMEATION; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; SWELLING STUDIES; VOIGT MODEL;

DEGRADATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON BEAMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 84873860090     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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