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Polyolefin in Packaging and Food Industry

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Polyolefin Compounds and Materials

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The commonly used food packaging polymers are polyolefins, such as low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), isotactic polypropylene (PP), and some polyethylene-based copolymers.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences, project VEGA 2/0199/14 as well as the project of Center for Applied Research of New Materials and Technology Transfer, ITMS 26240220088, supported by the Science and Research Operational Program by the European Regional Development Fund.

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    Igor Novák & Zdeno Špitalský

  2. Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

    Anton Popelka

  3. Center for Advanced Materials, QAPCO Polymer Chair, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

    Igor Krupa

  4. Ege University, Engineering Faculty, Food Engineering Department, Izmir, Turkey

    Sebnem Tavman

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Novák, I., Popelka, A., Špitalský, Z., Krupa, I., Tavman, S. (2016). Polyolefin in Packaging and Food Industry. In: Al-Ali AlMa'adeed, M., Krupa, I. (eds) Polyolefin Compounds and Materials. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25982-6_7

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