Ethylene and Oxygen Permeability Through Polyethylene Packaging Films

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 169-178

  Wang, Yang ^a   Easteal, Allan J ^a   Chen, X Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ceramic filled polymeric film; Gas permeability; Modified atmosphere packaging; Packaging film

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032116285     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1522(199807/08)11:4<169::AID-PTS427>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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