Research Article

Study of Natural and Accelerated Weathering on Mechanical Properties of Antioxidants Modified Low Density Polyethylene Films for Greenhouse

Table 4

Elongation at break of LDPE films under natural and accelerated weathering.

SampleElongation at break (%)
Accelerated weatheringNatural weathering
0 h75 h100 h0 day90 days

Neat LDPE246.0181.291.6305.76.3
GR-0.289.8171.6232.0363.917.8
GR-0.5120.6124.9138.091.864.0
GR-2.0101.460.836.9258.038.8
AN-0.2116.4171.297.2425.616.3
AL-0.2169.4119.883.4241.916.0
AN/AL-0.1/0.1215.0362.4418.0211.312.9