Water Absorption in EVOH Films and Its Influence on Glass Transition Temperature

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2-7, 1999, Pages 691-699

  Zhang, Zhongbin ^a   Britt, Ian J ^a   Tung, Marvin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion; EVOH; Glass transition temperature; Water clustering; Water sorption

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GLASS TRANSITION; ISOTHERMS; MOISTURE; PLASTIC FILMS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMERS; WATER CLUSTERING;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0033116844     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0488(19990401)37:7<691::aid-polb20>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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