Modelling permeation through porous polymeric films for modified atmosphere packaging

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-179

  Del Valle, V ^a   Almenar, E ^a   Lagaron J M ^a   Catala R ^a   Gavara, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gas diffusivity; Head space evolution; Knudsen; MAP; Poiseuille; Porous films; Porous permeation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; POLYMER; WATER;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; FILM; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT; GAS DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS; STEAM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0037329503     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0265203021000042869     Document Type: Review

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