The effect of vinyl acetate content and polyisobutylene concentration on the properties of metallocene polyethylene-ethyl vinyl acetate coextruded film for stretch and cling film applications

Journal of Plastic Film and Sheeting

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-83

  McNally, G M ^a   Small, C M ^a   Murphy, W R ^a   Garrett, G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actene; Cast film; Cling; Coextrusion; Crystallinity; DSC; EVA; LLDPE; mLLDPE; Modulus; Peel strength; Polyisobutylene; Properties; Stretch; Tack strength; Tear strength; Tensile

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; COEXTRUSION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; MONOMERS; POLYBUTENES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CRYSTALLINITY; ELONGATION; ETHYL VINYL ACETATE; MASTERBATCH CONTENT; METALLOCENE POLYETHYLENE; PEEL STRENGTH; POLYISOBUTYLENE (PIB); TACK STRENGTH; TEAR STRENGTH;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 19644390456     PISSN: 87560879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/8756087905053791     Document Type: Article

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