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| Le Gac, Pierre-yves; Le Saux, V.; Paris, M; Marco, Y.. |
| Polymers are widely used in marine environments due to their excellent properties and good weathering resistance. Despite this extensive use, their long term behaviour in such an aggressive environment is still not well known. To assess the polymer durability within reasonable durations, it is essential to perform accelerated ageing tests to accelerate the degradation kinetics but without any modification of the degradation process. This study therefore proposes and validates accelerated ageing tests to study marine ageing of a silica-filled chloroprene rubber (CR) used for offshore applications. Several accelerated ageing protocols are investigated for temperatures ranging from 20 to 80 degrees C in renewed natural seawater. The ageing consequences are... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Chloroprene rubber; Degradation; Sea water; Silica; Accelerated ageing; Natural ageing. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00073/18429/20232.pdf |
