Characterization for water vapour barrier and heat sealability properties of heat-treated paperboard/polylactide structure

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 451-460

  Lahtinen, Kimmo ^a   Kotkamo, Sami ^a   Koskinen, Tapio ^a   Auvinen, Sanna ^a   Kuusipalo, Jurkka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Extrusion coating; Heat treatment; Paperboard; Polylactide; WVTR

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; COATED PAPERBOARD; COATING WEIGHTS; CRYSTALLINE GROWTH; EXTRUSION COATING; HEAT SEALABILITY; HEAT-SEALING; HIGH-SPEED; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; MOISTURE BARRIERS; PACKAGING APPLICATIONS; POLY LACTIDE; POLYLACTIDES; SEALING PERFORMANCE; SEALING TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRANSMISSION RATES; WATER VAPOUR; WATER VAPOUR BARRIER;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; COATINGS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EXTRUSION; MOISTURE; PAPERBOARDS; SEALING (CLOSING);

HEAT TREATMENT;

EID: 73149084667     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: 10991522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pts.869     Document Type: Article

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