Toward an Optimized Dynamic Headspace Method for the Study of Volatiles in Low-Density Polyethylene

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1397-1405

  Hodgson, Steven C ^a   O'Connor, Michael J ^a   John Casey, R ^a   Bigger, Stephen W ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic headspace sampling; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Low density polyethylene (LDPE); Mathematical modeling; Purge and trap; Tenax GC; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000511036     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970717e     Document Type: Article

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