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ArticlePolymers2020

Durability of LDPE/UHMWPE Composites under Accelerated Degradation.

Traian Zaharescu, Maria Râpă, Ignazio Blanco, Tunde Borbath, Istvan Borbath

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Traian ZaharescuNational Institute for Electrical Engineering (INCDIE, ICPE - CA), Radiochemistry Center, 030138 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1030-7511
Maria RâpăDepartment of Materials Processing and Ecometallurgy, "Polytechnica" University, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.
Ignazio BlancoDepartment of Civil Engineering and Architecture and UdR-Catania Consorzio INSTM, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9252-9435
Tunde BorbathROSEAL SA, Odorheiu Secuiesc, 535600 Harghita, Romania.
Istvan BorbathROSEAL SA, Odorheiu Secuiesc, 535600 Harghita, Romania.
Institute for Studies and Power Engineering (Romania) · ROUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study presents a detailed analysis of thermal and radiation resistances of low density polyethylene (LDPE)/ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) blends containing hydroxyapatite as functional filler and rosemary acting as antioxidant against oxidative degradation. Three main procedures, chemiluminescence (CL), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), were applied for the determination of the degree of degradation when these materials are subjected to heat and radiation action. The crystallinity was also assessed for the characterization of diffusion peculiarities. The contributions of the mixing components are discussed based on their oxidation strength. The activation energies required for the oxidative degradation of the studied formulations were calculated.

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blendschemiluminescenceDSCLDPEoxidative degradationUHMWPE

Identifiers

PMID32486056
PMCPMC7362078
OpenAlexW3031607949

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