Xg. Zhong et al., ESTIMATION OF THE RADIATION-INDUCED DAMAGE IN PTFE BY DEPRESSION OF THE MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES, Polymer degradation and stability, 41(2), 1993, pp. 223-227
The radiation induced depression of the melting and crystallization te
mperatures of PTFE irradiated at various temperatures followed by heat
treatment at 380-degrees-C, and their relationship to structural chan
ges, were investigated. The G(-units) values obtained in this work are
different from those of samples which have not undergone heat treatme
nt and seem to be more closely associated with radiation induced branc
hed structures.