A novel understanding on the effects of industrial retorting in ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers used in retortable food packaging applications

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 2025-2029

  Lagaron, J M ^a   Lopez Rubio A ^a   Gimenez E ^b   Catala, R ^a   Yamamoto, T ^c   Saito, Y ^c   Gavara, R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c Nippon Synth Chem Indust Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymers; FT IR; Retortable packaging; Time resolved WAXS

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALS; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MONOLAYERS; PACKAGING; POLYPROPYLENES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VINYL RESINS;

CRYSTAL ROBUSTNESS; ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL (EVOH); FOOD PACKAGING; PLASTICIZING EFFECTS;

ETHYLENE;

EID: 2442616208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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