TY - JOUR A1 - Kömmling, Anja A1 - Chatzigiannakis, E. A1 - Beckmann, Jörg A1 - Wachtendorf, Volker A1 - von der Ehe, Kerstin A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Schade, U. A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Discoloration Effects of High-Dose gamma-Irradiation and Long-Term Thermal Aging of (U) HMW-PE N2 - Two polyethylene types with ultra-high (UHMWPE) and high molecular weight (HMW-PE) used as neutron radiation shielding materials in casks for radioactive waste were irradiated with doses up to 600 kGy using a 60Co gammasource. Subsequently, thermal aging at 125∘C was applied for up to one year. Degradation effects in the materials were characterized using colorimetry, UV-Visspectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, and DSC. Both materials exhibited a yellowing upon irradiation.The discoloration of UHMW-PE disappeared again after thermal aging.Therefore, the yellowing is assumed to originate fromannealable color centers in the formof free radicals that are trapped in the crystalline regions of the polymer and recombine at elevated temperatures. For the antioxidantcontaining HMWPE, yellowing was observed after both irradiation and thermal aging. The color change was correlated mainly to decomposition products of the antioxidant in addition to trapped radicals as in UHMW-PE. Additionally, black spots appeared after thermal aging of HMW-PE. KW - Irradiation KW - UHMWPE KW - Colour center KW - Yellowness index PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-423992 DO - https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1362491 SN - 1687-9422 VL - 2017 IS - Article ID 1362491 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Hindawi AN - OPUS4-42399 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Beckmann, Jörg A1 - von der Ehe, Kerstin A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Schade, U. A1 - Aziz, E. F. A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Fourier-spektroskopische Untersuchungen im mittleren- und fernen Infrarotbereich an Co-60 bestrahlten und thermisch belasteten ultrahochmolekularen Polyethylen-Proben N2 - Fourier-Spektroskopische Untersuchungen von hochmolekularem Polyethylen (HMW-PE) und ultrahochmolekularem Polyethylen (UHMW-PE) im Mittleren - und Fernen Infrarotbereich können Veränderungen der molekularen Strukturen nachweisen, die durch Co60 γ-Strahlung und Rekristallisationsprozesse initiiert werden. UHMW-PE und HMW-PE sind im gewählten IR-Bereich unterscheidbar. Die integrale Absorption der B1u – Gitterschwingungen im Fernen Infrarotbereich (THz-Bereich) ermöglichen die quantitative Beschreibung des Kristallinitätsgrades und dessen Abbau. Die Bildung ungesättigter Vinylengruppen und der Abbau ungesättigter Methylengruppen können im Mittleren Infrarotbereich nachgewiesen werden. T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2014 CY - Potsdam, Germany DA - 26.05.2014 KW - Infrared and far-infrared spectroscopy KW - Polyethylene KW - Co-60 irradiation PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-313317 SN - 978-3-940283-61-0 VL - 148 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-31331 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Beckmann, Jörg A1 - Schade, U. A1 - von der Ehe, Kerstin A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Wolff, Dietmar A1 - Aziz, E. F. T1 - THz and Mid IR Fourier transform spectroscopy on polyethylene irradiated with Gamma- Co60 radiation N2 - THz and mid IR spectroscopy of high molecular PE (HMW) and ultra high molecular PE (UHMW) reveals modifications of the molecular structure induced by γ-Co60 radiation. UHMW-PE and HMW-PE can be distinguished. The integral absorption in the B1u THz-region can quantitatively describe the amorphization of crystallinity. The formation of trans vinylene unsaturations and the decay of vinyl can be followed by mid IR spectroscopy T2 - IRMMW-THz 2014 - 39th International conference on infrared, millimeter, and terahertz waves CY - Tucson, Arizona, USA DA - 14.09.2014 KW - Thz and Mid IR Fourier transform spectroscopy KW - Polyethylene KW - Gamma-Co-60 radiation KW - Fourier transform spectroscopy KW - Infrared spectroscopy KW - Light absorption KW - Molecular electronic states KW - Polymers KW - MidIR Fourier transform spectroscopy KW - Terahertz spectroscopy KW - THz spectroscopy KW - γ-Co60radiation KW - HMW KW - High molecular PE KW - Ultrahigh molecular PE KW - Molecular structure modifications KW - UHMW-PE KW - HMW-PE KW - Integral absorption KW - B1uTHz-region KW - Crystallinity amorphization KW - Transvinylene unsaturation formation KW - Vinyl decay KW - Absorption KW - Radiation effects KW - Temperature measurement KW - Spectroscopy PY - 2014 UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6956355&isnumber=6955975 SN - 978-1-4799-3877-3 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956355 IS - IEEE Catalog No.: CFP14IMM-ART SP - 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-32699 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -