Lifetime Prediction of Polymeric Materials

Abstract

The wide category of organic materials containing polymers had a great impact on the last middle century, and continues to nowadays, thus affecting our daily behaviors. The need to investigate their durability has grown, which may be necessary in the successful completion of the application for which these materials were designed, and to mitigate their impact on the environment. The aim of this Special Issue was to allow researchers, in both Industry and Academia, to show their current research in material properties finalized to the lifetime prediction.

Keywords

• lifetime prediction
• thermal stability
• thermal behavior
• materials degradation
• thermogravimetric analysis
• induction period