Temperature effects on degradation

Regarding the mechanical behavior of all plastics, hot and cold temperatures cause softening and stiffening, respectively, as would be expected. For geotextiles, high 

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Chul Kim, U. R. and van Rooyen, D., Strain rate and temperature effects on the stress corrosion cracking of Inconel 600 steam generator tubing in the (PWR) primary water conditions , Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems-VIalet Reactors, Monterey, USA, 9-12 Sept. 1985, American Nuclear Society, pp. 448-55 (1986)... 

Levels of three individual degradation products and the total amount of degradation impurities were monitored at timepoints of 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 24 weeks. Statistical software was used to analyze the data and derive models for the rates of degradation as a function of the temperature and sample water content. The analysis showed that temperature and water content were both significant in their effect on degradation rate (Table 4). The... 

Farias J, Rossetti GH, Albizzati ED, Alfano OM. Solar degradation of formic acid temperature effects on the photo-Fenton reaction. Ind Eng Chem Res 2007 46 7580-6. 

Sande (98) reported that temperature is not expected to affect the absorption of photons as such, and no additional energy is needed for the reaction to take place. However, the temperature will affect subsequent chemical degradative reactions in the usual manner as described by the Arrhenius equation. If a secondary thermal reaction is involved, a temperature effect on the overall reaction quantum yield would be expected. A change in the viscosity of the liquid as a result of increase of room temperature can influence the rate of photochemical degradation. 

Wu J. and Nofziger D. L. (1999) Incorporating temperature effects on pesticide degradation into a management model. J. Environ. Qual. 28, 92-100. 

Ho, K.-L.G. and Pometto, A.L. Ill (1999) Temperature effects on soil mineralization of polylactic acid plastic in laboratory respirometers. Journal of Environmental Polymer Degradation, 1, 101-108. Buchanan, C.M., Dorschel, D.D., Gardner, R.M. et al. (1995) Biodegradation of cellulose esters Composting of cellulose ester-diluent mixture. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A Pure and Applied Chemistry, A32,683-697. 

Figure 7. Temperature effect on maximum as decrease in HPG Mw caused only by oxidant breaker-initiated degradation reactions as a function of the square root of the breaker concentration.

Bi W, Fuller TF. Temperature effects on PEM fuel cells Pt/C catalyst degradation. J Electrochem Soc 2008 155 B215-21. 

Oono et al. [79] investigated the temperature effect on the HT-PEMFC degradation in a temperature range from 150 to 190 °C. They attributed the initial performance loss, which was severely intensified with the temperature, to carbon corrosion and platinum particle... 

Bi W and FuUer T F (2008), Temperature Effects on PEM Fuel Cells Pt/C Catalyst Degradation , Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155,2, B215-B221. 

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