Mechanisms of antioxidant action: The evaluation of the effect of stabilizer volatility in polypropylene using torsional braid analysis

✍ Scribed by Malcolm A. Plant; Gerald Scott

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 540 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-3057
• DOI: 10.1016/0014-3057(71)90151-0

✦ Synopsis

Abstraet--A new method is described for the evaluation of antioxidants for polypropylene by torsional braid analysis. This technique shows the dominating influence of antioxidant volatility on the lifetime of articles with a high surface area to volume ratio (e.g. fibres and films).