Influence of processing on the ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) properties: Application of the successive self-nucleation and annealing (SSA) technique

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-160

  Franco Urquiza, E ^a   Santana, O O ^a   Gamez Perez J ^a   Martinez A B ^a   Maspoch, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EVOH; Processing technologies; Processing structure relationship; SSA

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749086231     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.20     Document Type: Article

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