Migration of antimony from PET bottles into beverages: Determination of the activation energy of diffusion and migration modelling compared with literature data

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-126

  Welle, F ^a   Franz, R ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PROCESS ENGINEERING AND PACKAGING IVV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beverages; Diffusion; Drinking water; Exposure modelling; Fruit juices; Heavy metals; Metals analysis icp ms; Migration; Packaging; Pet; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANTIMONY; BEER; BEVERAGES; DIFFUSION; DIGITAL STORAGE; FRUIT JUICES; HEAVY METALS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OILS AND FATS; PACKAGING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ANTIMONY CONCENTRATION; DIFFUSION AND MIGRATION; EXPOSURE MODELLING; METALS ANALYSIS - ICP/MS; MIGRATION; MIGRATION MODELLING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE;

BOTTLES;

ANTIMONY; DRINKING WATER; MINERAL WATER; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; BEER; BEVERAGE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT JUICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PLASTIC BOTTLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78751511715     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.530296     Document Type: Article

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