Study of the thermoformability of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer based barrier blends of interest in food packaging applications

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3851-3855

  Gimenez E ^a   Lagaron J M ^b   Cabedo, L ^a   Gavara, R ^b   Saura, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barrier films; Blends; Ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer; Thermoforming

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IONOMERS; POLYAMIDES; POLYMER BLENDS; THERMOFORMING; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; FOOD PACKAGING MULTILAYER SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR ELASTIC MATERIAL MODEL; TERNARY BLEND; WALL THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION;

COPOLYMERS;

BARRIER PROPERTY; PACKAGING;

EID: 17644441658     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.13584     Document Type: Article

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