Relationship between density and elongation-at-break of naturally and artificially aged cable materials used in nuclear power plants

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-85

  Gasa, J V ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Shaw, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cable insulation; Density; Elongation at break; Nuclear plants

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DATA REDUCTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENES; RADIATION; RUBBER; THERMOANALYSIS;

CABLE INSULATION; ELONGATION-AT-BREAK; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE RUBBER (EPR); RADIATION FLUXES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 9444288133     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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