The effect of ethylene content on the interaction between ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers and water: (I) Application of FT-IR spectroscopy to determine transport properties and interactions in food packaging films

Polymer Testing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-261

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

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

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion and permeability; Ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers; FTIR spectroscopy; Water sorption

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COPOLYMERS; DIFFUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERMS; PLASTIC FILMS;

DIFFUSION AND PERMEABILITY; ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMERS; WATER SORPTION;

ETHYLENE;

EID: 33344454531     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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