ESC resistance of commercial grade polycarbonates during exposure to butter and related chemicals

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1486-1495

  Kjellander, Carina K ^a   Nielsen, Tenna B ^b   Ghanbari Siahkali, Afshin ^c   Kingshott, Peter ^a   Hansen, Charles M ^b   Almdal, Kristoffer ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FORCE TECHNOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c NKT Holding AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ESC; FTIR; Hansen solubility parameters; Lipid resistant; MALDI TOF; Polycarbonate

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; POLYCARBONATES; THERMOPLASTICS;

COMMERCIAL GRADES;

CARBONATES;

EID: 48749109818     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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