Migration of styrene monomer, dimers and trimers from polystyrene to food simulants

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 693-699

  Choi, Jin Ok ^a   Jitsunari, Fumihiko ^b   Asakawa, Fumiyuki ^b   Lee, Dong Sun ^a  

^a Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GC FID; Heptane; Migration; Polystyrene; Styrene oligomers

Indexed keywords

DIMER; HEPTANE; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE; TRIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HEPTANES; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLVENTS; STYRENE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 22244451017     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500160050     Document Type: Article

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