Gas barrier and morphology characteristics of linear low-density polyethylene and two different polypropylene films

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1293-1309

  Kurek, Mia ^a   Klepac, Damir ^b   Ščetar, Mario ^a   Galić, Kata ^a   Valić, Srećko ^b,c   Liu, Yong ^d   Yang, Weimin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Gas permeation; Polyolefins

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION ACTIVATION ENERGY; GAS BARRIER; GAS MOLECULES; GAS PERMEATION; HEAT OF SORPTION; PERMEATION COEFFICIENTS; POLY-PROPYLENE FILM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIC FILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SORPTION; THERMOPLASTICS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 80054009233     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0494-z     Document Type: Article

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