Thermal stability of polyethylene terephthalate food contact materials: Formation of volatiles from retail samples and implications for recycling

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-480

  Freire, M T De A ^a   Castle, L ^b   Reyes, F G R ^a   Damant, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microwave oven; Migration; PET high temperature; Polymer degradation; Recycling

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE COOKING; MICROWAVE OVEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0031776470     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652039809374668     Document Type: Article

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