HIGH-ENERGY ION IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON POLYMER MATERIAL .4. HEAVIER ION IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES OF PE AND PTFE

Authors
KUDOH H SASUGA T SEGUCHI T KATSUMURA Y
Citation
H. Kudoh et al., HIGH-ENERGY ION IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON POLYMER MATERIAL .4. HEAVIER ION IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES OF PE AND PTFE, Polymer, 37(16), 1996, pp. 3737-3739
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00323861
Volume
37
Issue
16
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3737 - 3739
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3861(1996)37:16<3737:HIIEOP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The changes in mechanical properties of polyethylene (medium density, MDPE) and poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) induced by heavier ions suc h as He2+ 20 MeV, C5+ 220 MeV and O5+ 100 MeV ions were studied and co mpared with those induced by 2 MeV electrons. The changes in elongatio n at break were similar for exposures to the heavier ions and for 2 Me V electron irradiations. The mechanical properties of the two polymers therefore seem to have little LET dependence. Copyright (C) 1996 Else vier Science Ltd.