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Study of Optical Properties of Polymeric Materials Subjected to Degradation

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Results of a study on polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, latex and polypropylene films by photocolorimetry are described. The polymeric films were subjected to destructive environmental factors as ozone, ultra-violet irradiation and γ-radiation. It is shown that these factors can lead to a reduction or an increase of transparency. This fact is due to the mechanisms of crosslinking, crystallization and destruction of macromolecules. Correlation between the photocolorimetry data and distributions of relaxation times of a nuclear magnetic resonance of protons in different sites of the polymeric network received earlier is established.

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Abbreviations

LLDPE:

Linear low-density polyethylene

HDPE:

High-density polyethylene

PVC:

Polyvinyl chloride

PP:

Polypropylene

UV:

Ultraviolet

NMR:

Nuclear magnetic resonance

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This work was supported by Federal Agency for Fisheries of the Russian Federation.

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  1. Department of Physics and Chemistry, Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Molodezhnaya St. 6, 236029, Kaliningrad, Russia

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Sinyavsky, N., Korneva, I. Study of Optical Properties of Polymeric Materials Subjected to Degradation. J Polym Environ 25, 1280–1287 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-016-0908-y

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