{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1978478722","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","title":"The ultrasonic degradation of polystyrene at a frequency of 1 Mc/s","display_name":"The ultrasonic degradation of polystyrene at a frequency of 1 Mc/s","publication_year":1957,"publication_date":"1957-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1978478722","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","mag":"1978478722"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","pdf_url":"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S156194824","display_name":"British Journal of Applied Physics","issn_l":"0508-3443","issn":["0508-3443","2057-7656"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320083","host_organization_name":"IOP Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320083","https://openalex.org/P4310311669"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOP Publishing","Institute of Physics"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"British Journal of Applied Physics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306/pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086924641","display_name":"Nancy Langton","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"N H Langton","raw_affiliation_strings":["A.P.I., The National College of Rubber Technology, Northern Polytechnic, London, N.7"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"A.P.I., The National College of Rubber Technology, Northern Polytechnic, London, N.7","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084649025","display_name":"P.W. Vaughan","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"P Vaughan","raw_affiliation_strings":["A.P.I., The National College of Rubber Technology, Northern Polytechnic, London, N.7"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"A.P.I., The National College of Rubber Technology, Northern Polytechnic, London, N.7","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.0167,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.90666667,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":93},"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"7","first_page":"289","last_page":"292"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11842","display_name":"Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena","score":0.9916999936103821,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3102","display_name":"Acoustics and Ultrasonics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11842","display_name":"Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena","score":0.9916999936103821,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3102","display_name":"Acoustics and Ultrasonics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10662","display_name":"Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation","score":0.0010999999940395355,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2211","display_name":"Mechanics of Materials"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10389","display_name":"Polymer crystallization and properties","score":0.0008999999845400453,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2507","display_name":"Polymers and Plastics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/polystyrene","display_name":"polystyrene","score":0.8999999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ultrasonic-degradation","display_name":"ultrasonic degradation","score":0.9769999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sonication","display_name":"sonication","score":0.6809999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/degree-of-polymerization","display_name":"degree of polymerization","score":0.8790000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/benzene-solution","display_name":"benzene solution","score":0.6039999723434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/polymer-chain-scission","display_name":"polymer chain scission","score":0.6589999794960022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/degradation-kinetics","display_name":"degradation kinetics","score":0.4779999852180481}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777922577","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146243","display_name":"Polystyrene","level":3,"score":0.8404624462127686},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779679103","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5251805","display_name":"Degradation (telecommunications)","level":2,"score":0.7552516460418701},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777691172","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2270","display_name":"Benzene","level":2,"score":0.6292614936828613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81288441","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20736125","display_name":"Ultrasonic sensor","level":2,"score":0.5687809586524963},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111337013","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2737837","display_name":"Irradiation","level":2,"score":0.5587836503982544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.4990506172180176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775997480","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q586277","display_name":"Degree (music)","level":2,"score":0.4556870460510254},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44228677","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181898","display_name":"Polymerization","level":3,"score":0.44309818744659424},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191516044","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q662950","display_name":"Degree of polymerization","level":4,"score":0.41219162940979004},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.3630642592906952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97355855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11473","display_name":"Thermodynamics","level":1,"score":0.33634042739868164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188027245","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q750446","display_name":"Polymer chemistry","level":1,"score":0.32351014018058777},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.30534303188323975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24890656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82811","display_name":"Acoustics","level":1,"score":0.2571386694908142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.20079737901687622},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C521977710","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81163","display_name":"Polymer","level":2,"score":0.1838914155960083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178790620","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11351","display_name":"Organic chemistry","level":1,"score":0.10577839612960815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185544564","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81197","display_name":"Nuclear physics","level":1,"score":0.0722077488899231},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24326235","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126095","display_name":"Electronic engineering","level":1,"score":0.05964326858520508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.054189711809158325}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","pdf_url":"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S156194824","display_name":"British Journal of Applied Physics","issn_l":"0508-3443","issn":["0508-3443","2057-7656"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320083","host_organization_name":"IOP Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320083","https://openalex.org/P4310311669"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOP Publishing","Institute of Physics"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"British Journal of Applied Physics","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306","pdf_url":"https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0508-3443/8/7/306/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S156194824","display_name":"British Journal of Applied Physics","issn_l":"0508-3443","issn":["0508-3443","2057-7656"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320083","host_organization_name":"IOP Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320083","https://openalex.org/P4310311669"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IOP Publishing","Institute of Physics"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"British Journal of Applied Physics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W1978478722.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W1978478722.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":7,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1720542329","https://openalex.org/W2024312275","https://openalex.org/W2040531317","https://openalex.org/W2059821572","https://openalex.org/W2061671157","https://openalex.org/W2067716217","https://openalex.org/W2612375844"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2150023721","https://openalex.org/W2063172458","https://openalex.org/W2024076360","https://openalex.org/W2763296015","https://openalex.org/W2043376826","https://openalex.org/W1983713343","https://openalex.org/W2069994238","https://openalex.org/W4238288513","https://openalex.org/W2058889169","https://openalex.org/W2024312275"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Experimental":[0],"results":[1,41,71],"obtained":[2,46],"by":[3,47],"irradiating":[4],"fractionated":[5],"polystyrene":[6],"in":[7],"benzene":[8],"with":[9,32,44,56],"ultrasonics":[10],"of":[11,27,29,34,36,62],"1":[12],"Mc/s":[13],"frequency":[14],"are":[15,42],"given.":[16],"Degradation":[17],"is":[18,38,73],"observed":[19],"to":[20,58],"take":[21],"place,":[22],"and":[23,54],"the":[24,59,69],"consequent":[25],"variation":[26],"degree":[28],"polymerization":[30],"P":[31],"length":[33],"time":[35],"irradiation":[37],"shown.":[39],"The":[40],"compared":[43],"those":[45],"other":[48],"workers":[49],"who":[50],"used":[51],"lower":[52],"frequencies,":[53],"discussed":[55],"reference":[57],"degradation":[60],"equation":[61,66],"Schmid.":[63],"An":[64],"alternative":[65],"which":[67],"fits":[68],"experimental":[70],"better":[72],"examined.":[74]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-08-08T01:25:22.217667","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}