Water diffusion and sorption-induced swelling as a function of temperature and ethylene content in ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers as determined by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1392-1398

  Cava, D ^a   Sammon, C ^b   Lagaron, J M ^a  

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

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATR FT IR; Attenuated total reflection; Diffusion; Ethylene vinyl alcohol; EVOH; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Swelling; Temperature effect; Water

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; LIGHT REFLECTION; SORPTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION; CHEMICAL AFFINITY; ETHYLENE-VINYL ALCOHOL (EVOH); SWELLING RATE FACTORS;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33845923430     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370206779321382     Document Type: Article

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