Microcellular recycled PET foams for food packaging

Society of Plastics Engineers - Global Plastics Environmental Conference, GPEC 2007 - Environmental Innovation: Plastics Recycling and Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1106-1128

  Kumar, Vipin ^a,c   Waggoner, Michael ^a,c   Kroeger, Lee ^a,c   Probert, Stephen M ^a,c   Nadella, Krishna ^a,c   Branch, Greg ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b MicroGREEN Polymers Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PACKAGING; GLOSSY SURFACES; MICROCELLULAR RPET; MICROCELLULAR RPET FOAMS;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOAMED PLASTICS; FOOD PRESERVATION; MICROANALYSIS; PLASTIC SHEETS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT; MICROANALYSIS; PACKAGING MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; PRESERVATION;

EID: 44349143390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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