LDPE-based blends and films stabilized with nonreleasing polymeric antioxidants for safer food packaging

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3912-3920

  Boragno, L ^a   Stagnaro, P ^a   Losio, S ^a   Sacchi, M C ^a   Menichetti, S ^b   Viglianisi, C ^b   Piergiovanni, L ^c   Limbo, S ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

blends; nonreleasing food packaging; polyethylene (PE); polymeric antioxidants; thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

1-OLEFINS; AGING TESTS; BATCH MIXERS; BLENDS; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; DOUBLE BONDS; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SIMULANTS; INDUCTION TIME; INNOVATIVE MATERIALS; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR ANTIOXIDANT; METALLOCENE CATALYST; MIGRATION TESTS; NONRELEASING FOOD PACKAGING; PHENOLIC ANTIOXIDANT; POLYMERIC ANTIOXIDANTS; RANDOM COPOLYMER; THERMO-OXIDATIVE STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS (TGA);

COMPRESSION MOLDING; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; PACKAGING MACHINES; PHENOLS; TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84857997962     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.35516     Document Type: Article

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