Relative permeabilities of plastic films to water and carbon dioxide

J T Woolley

doi:10.1104/pp.42.5.641

Relative permeabilities of plastic films to water and carbon dioxide

Plant Physiol. 1967 May;42(5):641-3. doi: 10.1104/pp.42.5.641.

Author

J T Woolley¹

Affiliation

¹ Soil and Water Conservation Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801.

Abstract

The permeabilities of several types of plastic films to water and to carbon dioxide were measured. No material was found to have a carbon dioxide permeability as great as its water permeability.