The effects of irradiation on physicochemical characteristics of PET packaging film

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1059-1064

  Jeon, Dae Hoon ^a,b   Lee, Kwang Ho ^b   Park, Hyun Jin ^a,c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irradiation; PET; Physicochemical characteristics; Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

DIETHYLENE GLYCOL (DEG); PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

IRRADIATION;

DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; COLOR; DEVICE; FILM; FOOD; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIATION DOSE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 5644274036     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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