Gas permeability and DSC characteristics of polymers used in food packaging

Polymer Testing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-57

  Gajdoš, Jasenka ^a   Galić, Kata ^a   Kurtanjek, Želimir ^a   Ciković, Nada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Diffusion; DSC; Gas permeability; Heat of sorption; Polymers; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ENTHALPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PACKAGING; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; SOLUBILITY;

ARRHENIUS EQUATION; FOOD PACKAGING; MANOMETRIC METHOD;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 0343897868     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9418(99)00078-1     Document Type: Article

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