Ageing Studies and Lifetime Extension of Materials

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Plenary Session

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. High Pressure Gas Pipelines - Their Ageing and Propensity Towards Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking Failure

      • Redvers N. Parkins

      Pages 3-13

   3. Ageing Studies of Nuclear Waste Forms

      • Rodney C. Ewing

      Pages 15-22

   4. Plutonium Aging: From Mystery to Enigma

      • Siegfried S. Hecker, Joseph C. Martz

      Pages 23-52

3. Observation and Understanding of Real-Time and Accelerated Ageing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. An Ageing Study of Air Activated Acrylic Adhesives using Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis

      • E. Lyons, J. J. Leahy

      Pages 55-61

   3. Ageing of Polyethylene and Conducting Polymer Blends

      • Philippe Mazabraud, Patrick Hourquebie, Hakim Janah

      Pages 63-69

   4. Real Time Ageing of Polymeric Components in Closed Systems

      • G. F. Hayes

      Pages 71-80

   5. Accelerated Compression Set at Elevated Temperature in Rigid Polymer Foams

      • Philip C. Miller Tate, Sina Talal, Christopher J Page, R Keith Scarrow

      Pages 81-86

   6. Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Thermal Degradation of Nylon 6

      • R. S. Lehrle, I. W. Parsons, M. Rollinson

      Pages 87-96

   7. Ageing & Characterisation of Polysiloxane Rubbers

      • M. Patel, A. R. Skinner

      Pages 97-101

   8. Geometry Effects During Radiation Ageing of Elastomeric Seal Materials

      • S. G. Burnay, J. Dawson

      Pages 103-111

   9. Characterisation of the Moisture Absorption and Thermal Ageing Behaviour of Polymeric Composite Systems Using Raman Spectroscopy

      • V. Otieno-Alego, D. Creagh, B. Jar, B. Fox, A. Lowe

      Pages 113-121

   10. Ageing Processes of Nitrocellulose in Plastic Bonded Explosives

       • G. R. Kennedy, P. R. Deacon, N. J. Herbert, A. L. Lewis, T. E. Lilly, A. F. Macdonald et al.

       Pages 123-127

   11. Ageing Effects on the Mechanical Properties of a Polymer Bonded Explosive

       • H. T. Goldrein, P. J. Rae, S. J. P. Palmer, A. L. Lewis

       Pages 129-136

   12. Accelerated Ageing of Pyrotechnics: 16mm Signal Cartridge - White

       • G. Manton, T. T. Griffiths

       Pages 137-144

   13. Ageing Study of Polyetheretherketone Exposed to Water and Brine by Thermal Analysis and Dielectric Spectroscopy

       • Eric Boinard, Richard A. Pethrick, Colin J. MacFarlane

       Pages 145-153

   14. The Effects of Gamma Radiation Sterilisation on Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene

       • J. Dawson

       Pages 155-160

   15. Ageing Characteristics of Gamma Irradiated Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene

       • P. O’Neill, C. Birkinshaw, J. J. Leahy

       Pages 161-169

The first International Conference on Ageing Studies and Lifetime Extension of Materials was held on th July 12-14 , 1999 at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, United Kingdom. Over 230 delegates attended during the three days and heard nearly ninety papers, together with over thirty poster presentations. Sixteen of these papers were keynotes from invited speakers eminent in their field of research. The proceedings were organised into six separate sessions: observation and understanding of real-time and accelerated ageing; experimental techniques; modelling and theoretical studies; lifetime prediction and validation; lifetime extension; and material design for ageing. In doing this, it was hoped to cover most issues of scientific concern inthefield ofmaterials ageing. One important aspect was that the conference did not concentrateon any particular group or type ofmaterial; rather the aim was to attract contributions from workers engaged in ageing studies with as wide a range of materials as possible. In this way, it was hoped that delegates could interactwith and learnfrom those whom they perhapswould not normally come across and that metallurgists could learn from polymer scientists, ceramicists could talk to modellers, and so on, in this important field. A read through the diverse papers contained within these proceedings will confirm that this aim was happily satisfied. Why hold such a meeting? In the modem world, engineered systems are expected to last longer.

• Raman spectroscopy
• Reef
• Service
• alloy
• ceramics
• modeling
• polymer
• spectroscopy

`The book is well produced in hardback and the many illustrations are clear'
Material and Design 23 (2002) 345-350

• AWE, Aldermaston, UK

  Leslie G. Mallinson

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