Evidence of non-Arrhenius behaviour from laboratory aging and 24-year field aging of polychloroprene rubber materials

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-67

  Gillen, Kenneth T ^a   Bernstein, Robert ^a   Derzon, Dora K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arrhenius extrapolation; Chloroprene rubber; Lifetime prediction; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGING OF MATERIALS; DATA REDUCTION; DEGRADATION; EXTRAPOLATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TENSILE TESTING;

ARRHENIUS EXTRAPOLATION; CHLOROPRENE RUBBER; LIFETIME PREDICTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

RUBBER;

EID: 9444225031     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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