Process of Pollutant Transfer into Food with a Sandwich Packaging Made of a Recycled Polymer Surrounded by Two Virgin Functional Barriers of Same Thicknesses

Journal of Polymer Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 25-50

  Laoubi, S ^a   Vergnaud, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

functional barrier; modelling; pollutant transfer; polymer recycling food packaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844299442     PISSN: 03346447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/POLYENG.1996.16.1-2.25     Document Type: Article

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