Effects of ionizing radiation on properties of monolayer and multilayer flexible food packaging materials

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 527-540

  Riganakos, K A ^a   Koller, W D ^b   Ehlermann, D A E ^b   Bauer, B ^b   Kontominas, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PACKAGING MATERIALS; RADIATION EFFECTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PURGE-TRAP TECHNIQUE;

PLASTIC FILMS;

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; KETONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON BEAM; FOOD PACKAGING; GAMMA RADIATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0033136225     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(98)00263-1     Document Type: Article

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