Determination of radiolysis products in gamma-irradiated multilayer barrier food packaging films containing a middle layer of recycled LDPE

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1039-1045

  Chytiri, Stavroula ^a   Goulas, Antonios E ^a   Badeka, Anastasia ^a   Riganakos, Kyriakos A ^a   Petridis, Dimitrios ^b   Kontominas, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; Multilayer barrier films; PA; Radiolysis products; Recycled LDPE; Sensory evaluation

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; MULTILAYERS; PACKAGING MACHINES; PETROLEUM TAR; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYAMIDES; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLYSIS; RECYCLING; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; WATER QUALITY;

GAMMA IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION DOSE; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(LDPE); MULTILAYER BARRIER FILMS; MULTILAYER BARRIERS; RADIOLYSIS PRODUCTS; RECYCLED LDPE; SENSORY PROPERTIES;

MULTILAYER FILMS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROCARBON; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; FOOD PACKAGING; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLYSIS; SENSORY EVALUATION;

EID: 54049150792     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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