Radiation damage of polyethylene exposed in the stratosphere at an altitude of 40 km

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1526-1536

  Kondyurin, Alexey ^a   Kondyurina, Irina ^a   Bilek, Marcela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Polyethylene; Radiation damage; Stratosphere

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY AIR SHOWERS; HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS; LABORATORY PLASMA; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; STRATOSPHERIC BALLOON; STRATOSPHERIC FLIGHT; THIN SURFACE LAYER; UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; NASA; NITRATION; OZONE LAYER; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENES; SPACE FLIGHT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

RADIATION DAMAGE;

EID: 84878807782     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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