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Permeability of oxygen and water vapor through polyethylene/polyamide films

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.760241711
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  1. National Research Council of Canada
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Abstract
Oxygen and water vapor permeability studies were carried out on binary polyethylene/polyamide immiscible blends incorporating three polyethylene resins (LDPE, LLDPE, and HDsPE), and three polyamide resins (PA‐6, PA‐6,6, and modified PA‐6,6m). It was found that the incorporation of PA into PE reduces the oxygen permeability while water vapor permeability is increased. In the range of 0 to 30 weight percent of PA, the oxygen permeability of PE was reduced by a factor of 2.8 to 3.6. Maximum water vapor permeabilities increased: for HDPE by a factor of about 2.6 to 3.1 and for LDPE and LLDPE blends by about 1.6.
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  • Polymer Engineering and Science 24, no. 17: 1337–1347.
LanguageEnglish
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NRC numberCNRC 22999
NRC-IGM 84-102-112
NPARC number23004036
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