A low-cost terahertz beam-splitter is fabricated using ultra-thin LDPE plastic sheeting coated with a conducting silver layer. The beam splitting ratio is determined as a function of the thickness of the silver layer--thus any required splitting ratio can be printed on demand with a suitable rapid prototyping technology. The low-cost aspect is a consequence of the fact that ultra-thin LDPE shee...

Two grades of metallocene-catalysed LLDPE and one grade of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) have been silane grafted and crosslinked by contact with water and their performance has been compared and evaluated. The effects of vinytrimethoxysilane (VTMOS) levels on the degree of crosslinking for each grade were also studied. It was found that increasing level of silane increases the degree of cros...

This work presents an add-on result of cross-linking using photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) phases in a multivariable process using the phase-resolved photoacoustic (PRPA) method. The method is tested to separate contributions from groupings -OH, -CH(2)-, -CH(3), and Si-OH overtones in the range from 700 to 2600 nm. Samples of the copolymers ethylene vinyltrimethoxysilane (EVS) and grafted viny...

ŠIMKO P., SKLÁRŠOVÁ B., ŠIMON P., BELAJOVÁ E. (2006): Effect of plastic packages on benzo[a]pyrene concentration in sunflower oil. Czech J. Food Sci., 24: 143–148. Commercially available sunflower oil and the same oil distilled additionally in a molecular evaporator (to remove naturally occurring compounds) was spiked with benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) at the levels of 37.1 and 38.6 μg/kg, respectively....

This study aims to characterise fatigue cracking of two types waste-derived (bio-oil and LDPE) bitumen. Modified Paris’ law Griffith criterion were proposed investigate crack propagation initiation the Results show that bio-oil delays LDPE accelerates initiation, bitumen itself dominates unaged The did not take effects in altering bitumen’s performance after pressure ageing vessel (PAV) ageing....

Abstract Graphene Oxide (GO) was added to Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) test the mechanical properties of compound. Compared other types polyethylene, LDPE provides a good balance and processability, which leads its being chosen as research’s matrix material. This experiment aims prepare LDPE/GO through melt mixing technique analyse tensile strength/tensile elongation composite based on GO co...

Aiming at reducing the environmental impact of low density polyethylene (LDPE) when employed as mulching film, this study was focused on partial substitution material with proteins extracted from Hermetia illucens, also known black soldier fly (BSF). Insects were reared chicken manure and food leftovers in a circular economy perspective. To evaluate effects processing conditions amount BSF prop...

The present investigation aimed to evaluating the combined effect of post harvest treatments, packaging and storage conditions on the changes in sugars and lycopene content of tomato. Tomato fruits with stalk and without stalk were harvested at breaker stage and subjected for shelf life studies. The fruits with best harvesting method (fruits with stalk) were treated with chlorine by first dippi...

In this paper the relationship between molecular structure and behavior of the LDPE melt is discussed from a scaling perspective on the bases of results from GPC-MALLS analysis. Long chain branches introduce a characteristic length scale that marks a transition in rheology behavior of the melt with decreasing length scale of deformation i.e. with increasing process rate or decreasing temperatur...

Laminated aluminum foils are increasingly being used to protect drug products packaged in semipermeable containers (e.g., low-density polyethylene (LDPE)) from degradation and/or evaporation. The direct contact of such materials with primary packaging containers may potentially lead to adulteration of the drug product by extractable or leachable compounds present in the closure system. In this ...