Application to Thermoplastics and Rubbers

Principles and Applications of Thermal Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 190-225

  Forrest, Martin J ^a  

^a Rapra Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Differential scanning calorimetry; Rubbers; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA); Thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889306151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470697702.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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