Outdoor and accelerated laboratory weathering of polypropylene: A comparison and correlation study

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-159

  Lv, Yadong ^a   Huang, Yajiang ^a   Yang, Junlong ^a   Kong, Miqiu ^a   Yang, Heng ^a   Zhao, Jincan ^a   Li, Guangxian ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerated laboratory; Correlation; Outdoor; Polypropylene; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEGRADATION; LABORATORIES; POLYPROPYLENES;

ACCELERATED WEATHERING; CORRELATION STUDIES; CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); OUTDOOR; WEATHERING CONDITIONS;

WEATHERING;

EID: 84920947928     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.12.023     Document Type: Article

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