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Effects of Radiations on the Properties of Polycarbonate

  • K. Hareesh*
  • , Ganesh Sanjeev
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The exposure of the polymer to radiation results in modification on chemical and physical properties of the polymer. Whenever radiation passes through polymer, the drastic changes in the optical, electrical, thermal, chemical, structural, surface morphological, mechanical and rheological properties due to chain scission, chain aggregation, cross-linking, gas evolution etc. The chain scission process results in the decreases of molecular weight, whereas cross-linking process increases the molecular weight. This chapter deals with the changes in the properties of PC due to the effect of the radiation along with the detailed schematic mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpringer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials
PublisherSpringer International Publishing AG
Pages293-318
Number of pages26
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameSpringer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials
VolumePart F11585
ISSN (Print)2364-1878
ISSN (Electronic)2364-1886

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Materials Science (miscellaneous)
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Biotechnology
  • Materials Chemistry

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