Abstract
During processing as well as in service life, polymers degrade. For the majority of polymers this is due to oxidative processes. In this review the mechanism of the thermo-oxidative degradation of the most important (unstabilized) polymers as well as the factors determining the degradation rates are discussed.
Published Online: 2013-8-31
Published in Print: 2008-12-1
© 2013 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.