Carbon nanotube-reinforced crosslinked polyethylene pipes for geothermal applications: From synthesis to decomposition using analytical pyrolysis-GC/MS and thermogravimetric analysis

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-53

  Roumeli, E ^a   Markoulis, A ^a   Kyratsi, Th ^b   Bikiaris, D ^a   Chrissafis, K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Decomposition kinetics; Decomposition mechanism; Nanocomposites; Py GC MS; Thermogravimetry

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; DECOMPOSITION KINETICS; DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM; GEOTHERMAL APPLICATIONS; PY-GC/MS; PYROLYSIS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS; TEMPERATURE MODULATED DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; THERMAL ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES; PYROLYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84893746831     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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