Volume 29, Issue 5 pp. 1491-1497
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Use of photoacoustic spectroscopy in studying the natural weathering of polyethylene films

Ali Anani

Ali Anani

Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885, Safat, Kuwait

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Amal Mobasher

Amal Mobasher

Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885, Safat, Kuwait

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Firas A. Rasoul

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Firas A. Rasoul

Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885, Safat, Kuwait

Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885, Safat, Kuwait===Search for more papers by this author
First published: May 1984
Citations: 14

Abstract

Photoacoustic spectroscopy was used to assess the degradation of polyethylene under local natural weathering conditions. The results obtained are in good agreement with those obtained using infrared spectroscopy and from mechanical testing. Photoacoustic spectroscopy supports the accepted mechanism of polyethylene degradation.

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