Degradation mechanism of silicone glues under UV irradiation and options for designing materials with increased stability

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 720-726

  Fischer, Hartmut R ^a   Semprimoschnig, Christopher ^a,b   Mooney, Cathal ^b   Rohr, Thomas ^b   Van Eck, Ernst R H ^c   Verkuijlen, Margriet H W ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Degradation mechanism; ESR; Silicone rubber; Space environment; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; EMBRITTLEMENT; GLUES; GLUING; IRRADIATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SILICONES;

CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; KARSTEDT CATALYSTS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SILICONE RUBBER; SMALL METAL CLUSTERS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; UV IRRADIATION;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 84875412850     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.12.022     Document Type: Article

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