Blending facilitates alternatives in packaging design and is used widely by convertors in the industry. The advantage of blending comes from the ability to combine and enhance the attributes of two different polymers in one structure. In this paper, blends of ultra low density polyethylene (ULDPE) with low density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) are investigated to determine their combined attributes.
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