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PolyethyleneWeatheringUltimate tensile strengthPhotodegradationControl sampleMaterials scienceElongationBiocideFoulingSeawaterEnvironmental scienceComposite materialPulp and paper industryChemistryOrganic chemistryGeology
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Anthony L. Andrady,
Jan E. Pegram,
Y. K. Song
(1993).
Studies on enhanced degradable plastics. II. Weathering of enhanced photodegradable polyethylenes under marine and freshwater floating exposure.
Journal of environmental polymer degradation
, 1
(2)
, 117-126.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01418205
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