Polymer blending for packaging applications

Multilayer Flexible Packaging: Technology and Applications for the Food, Personal Care, and Over-the-Counter Pharmaceutical Industries

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 137-162

  Morris, Barry A ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 84926249426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-8155-2021-4.10012-7     Document Type: Chapter

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