Accession Number:

AD0837028

Title:

DETERMINATION OF THE CROSSLINKING G-FACTOR FOR POLYSTYRENE USING ULTRA- RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Pelletier, Armand Marcel

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

The crosslinking G-factor for polystyrene using 80-90 MeV electrons was determined for comparison with the crosslinking G-factor determined using pile radiation with neutron energies up to 2 MeV, and Co60 gamma rays. The high energy electron source used was the N.P.G.S. linear accelerator. A G-factor of . 035 plus or minus .006 was determined. This value is slightly lower than the value of .05 plus or minus .01 reported for pile and gamma radiation 1.

Descriptors:

• *CROSSLINKING(CHEMISTRY)
• *STYRENE PLASTICS
• DEGRADATION
• DOSE RATE
• ELECTRONS
• ENERGY
• GAMMA RAYS
• GELS
• IONIZATION
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• MOLECULAR WEIGHT
• NEUTRONS
• POLYMERS
• THERMAL PROPERTIES
• THESES
• VISCOSITY

Subject Categories:

• Polymer Chemistry
• Plastics
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE