• Quantitative Evaluation of the Yellowing Polyurethane Foam by Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy

  • Won-Hwa Park*, **,†  and Jang-Seok Park*

  • *Materials Research Team, Daehan Solution, 369, Namdongdae-ro, Beon-gil, Incheon 21629, Korea
    **Current Address: R&D Center, OCSmaterials, 109, Anaji-ro, Gyeyang-gu, Incheon 21104, Korea

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(5): 531-535

    Published online Sep 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.5.531
  • Received on Aug 6, 2024
  • Revised on Oct 14, 2024
  • Accepted on Oct 31, 2024

Correspondence to

  • Won-Hwa Park

  • *Materials Research Team, Daehan Solution, 369, Namdongdae-ro, Beon-gil, Incheon 21629, Korea
    **Current Address: R&D Center, OCSmaterials, 109, Anaji-ro, Gyeyang-gu, Incheon 21104, Korea

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