Accelerated aging studies for polycarbonate optical disk substrates

David E. Nikles; Charles E. Forbes

doi:10.1117/12.45908

1 July 1991 Accelerated aging studies for polycarbonate optical disk substrates

David E. Nikles, Charles E. Forbes

Proceedings Volume 1499, Optical Data Storage '91; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45908
Event: Optical Data Storage, 1991, Colorado Springs, CO, United States

Abstract

Accelerated aging studies demonstrated that polycarbonate substrates degrade by a hydrolytic cleavage of the polymer chain. Data collected at different temperatures obeyed an Arrhenius relation. The activation energy for polycarbonate degradation was 68.0 kJ/mol.

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David E. Nikles and Charles E. Forbes "Accelerated aging studies for polycarbonate optical disk substrates", Proc. SPIE 1499, Optical Data Storage '91, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45908

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