Effect of ionizing radiation on physicochemical and mechanical properties of commercial monolayer and multilayer semirigid plastics packaging materials

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 411-417

  Goulas, Antonios E ^a   Riganakos, Kyriakos A ^a   Kontominas, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bottles; Gamma radiation; Mechanical properties; Overall migration; Semirigid packaging materials; Sheets

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DISCOLORATION; GAMMA RAYS; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PLASTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; TENSILE TESTING;

RADIATION-RESISTANT MATERIALS;

IONIZING RADIATION;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; EVALUATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MECHANICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 1342324058     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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