Effect of dose and temperature on the physical properties of an aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethane irradiated with an electron beam

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-70

  Adem, E ^a   Angulo Cervera, E ^a   Gonzalez Jimenez A ^b   Valentin J L ^b   Marcos Fernandez A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aliphatic segmented polyurethane; Cross linking; Electron beam irradiation; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYURETHANES; RADIATION; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

CHAIN SCISSION; DSC MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION TEMPERATURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEGMENTED POLYURETHANES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYETHER URETHANES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

IRRADIATION;

ALIPATHIC THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENTHALPY; GEL; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MELTING POINT; PHASE SEPARATION; RADIATION DOSE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84925047371     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.03.017     Document Type: Article

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