Radiation Effect on Polytetrafluoroethylene Studied by ESR

Abstract

Abstract:

This review introduces some of the pioneering works on radiolysis of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), which started in the mid 1950s. The electron spin resonance (ESR) studies on radiation-induced radicals and their corresponding peroxy radicals in PTFE were reviewed, with respect to experimental conditions, irradiation dose, structures of PTFE powders (i.e., crystallinity and crosslinking).

Key words: ESR, PTFE, irradiation, degradation, crosslinking

CLC Number:

O482.53

SHEN Guang-Lai, SU Ji-Hu, CHEN Jia-Fu. Radiation Effect on Polytetrafluoroethylene Studied by ESR[J]. Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2011, 28(4): 512-522.

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