Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, Volume. 43, Issue 1, 010201(2025)

Post-radiation oxidation reaction of three types of polyethylene films

Lei HAN1...2, Jing WANG1,2, Manli LU1, Wenli ZHANG1, Rongfang SHEN1, Weihua LIU1 and Mouhua WANG1,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Lei HAN, Jing WANG, Manli LU, Wenli ZHANG, Rongfang SHEN, Weihua LIU, Mouhua WANG. Post-radiation oxidation reaction of three types of polyethylene films[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 2025, 43(1): 010201

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    Category: RADIATION CHEMISTRY

    Received: Jun. 19, 2024

    Accepted: Jul. 15, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 13, 2025

    The Author Email: WANG Mouhua (王谋华)

    DOI:10.11889/j.1000-3436.2024-0054

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