A simple model for the interaction between water vapour and oxygen transmission in multilayer barrier materials intended for food packaging applications

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-216

  Jakobsen, Marianne ^a,b   Risbo, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EVOH; Food packaging; Moisture permeation; Multilayer materials; Oxygen permeability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CANNING; ETHYLENE; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD STORAGE; MOISTURE; MULTILAYERS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PACKAGING MACHINES; POLYMERS; SILICONES; THEOREM PROVING;

BARRIER MATERIALS; BARRIER PROPERTIES; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER (EVOH); FOOD PACKAGING; LAYER THICKNESSES; LOW OXYGEN; MOISTURE UPTAKE; MULTI LAYER STRUCTURES; MULTILAYER (ML); MULTILAYER MATERIALS; OPTIMAL PROTECTION; OXYGEN BARRIERS; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH); SIMPLE MODELING; STEADY STATES; STORAGE CONDITIONS; TRANSMISSION RATES; WATER ACTIVITIES; WATER VAPOUR;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

EID: 47149115501     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: 10991522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pts.799     Document Type: Article

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