TOCHÁČEK, Jiří, Kamil LÁSKA, Radka BÁLKOVÁ, Lukáš KRMÍČEK, Jan MERNA, Michael TUPÝ, Pavel KAPLER, Petr POLÁČEK, Klára ČÍŽKOVÁ and Zdeněk BURÁŇ. Polymer weathering in Antarctica. Polymer Testing. OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2019, vol. 77, AUG 2019, p. 1-15. ISSN 0142-9418. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2019.105898.
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Original name Polymer weathering in Antarctica
Authors TOCHÁČEK, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Kamil LÁSKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radka BÁLKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Lukáš KRMÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan MERNA (203 Czech Republic), Michael TUPÝ (203 Czech Republic), Pavel KAPLER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr POLÁČEK (203 Czech Republic), Klára ČÍŽKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Zdeněk BURÁŇ (203 Czech Republic).
Edition Polymer Testing, OXFORD, ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2019, 0142-9418.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10509 Meteorology and atmospheric sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
Impact factor Impact factor: 3.275
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00111569
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2019.105898
UT WoS 000487002700033
Keywords in English Weathering; Photo-oxidation; Stabilization; Polypropylene; Antarctica; HALS
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: prof. RNDr. Lukáš Krmíček, Ph.D., učo 63587. Changed: 14/5/2020 14:30.
Abstract
Antarctica is definitely not a typical locality for polymer testing, and yet, polymers are used there. Antarctic climate is typical with a higher portion of solar ultraviolet (UV) part in the global radiation and extremely low temperatures. Overall effect of Antarctic climatic conditions on polymer environmental degradation was investigated. Weathering experiments were carried out on 0.5 mm isotactic polypropylene homopolymer (h-PP) extruded films - non-UV-stabilized and stabilized with 1000 ppm HALS-1 (low-molecular) and 1000 ppm HALS-2 (oligomeric), respectively. The materials were exposed on James Ross Island in Antarctica for 3 years. A parallel reference series representing weathering in Central Europe (CE) was exposed in Brno, Czech Republic. Climatic data such as incident UV-A, UV-B and global radiation, outdoor air temperatures and total ozone content (TOC) were recorded during the experiment at both exposure sites. Degradation changes in polymer matrix were determined using GPC, FTIR, DSC, TGA, LTHS, SEM techniques and tensile tests. The measurements provided valuable data on h-PP photo-oxidation in Antarctica, on its possible UV stabilization and showed that despite extremes in environmental conditions h-PP degradation rate in Antarctica was still slower compared to CE. Beside UV radiation, higher ambient temperatures accelerating the secondary propagation reactions of alkylperoxy radicals are mainly responsible for the faster photo-degradation in CE.
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EF16_013/0001708, research and development projectName: ECOPOLARIS - Změny ve struktuře a funkci součástí terestrických polárních ekosystémů (CzechPolar2)
LM2015078, research and development projectName: Česká polární výzkumná infrastruktura (Acronym: CzechPolar2)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
LQ1601, research and development projectName: CEITEC 2020 (Acronym: CEITEC2020)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
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