Investigation of the interaction of copper(II) oxide and electron beam irradiation crosslinkable polyethylene

• Main Authors: Bee, Soo-Tueen, Lee, Tin Sin, Ratnam, C. T., Haraveen, K. J. S., Tee, Tiam-Ting, Rahmat, Abdul Razak
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56063/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.07.105

In this study, the effects of electron beam irradiation on the properties of copper(II) oxide when added to low-density polyethylene (LOPE) blends were investigated. It was found that the addition of low loading level of copper(II) oxide (<= 2 phr) to LDPE results in significantly poorer gel cont...