Plastics are the most important class of packaging materials. Materials characteristics, additives and their effects, mass transport phenomena, quality assurance, and recent regulatory requirements are covered in detail with ample data.

Contents

• Introduction
• Characteristics of Plastic Materials
• Additives for Plastics and their Transformation Products
• Partition Coefficients
• Models for Diffusion in Polymers
• Prediction of Diffusion Coefficients in Gases, Liquids, Amorphous Solids and Plastic Materials Using a Uniform Model
• Transport Equations and their Solutions
• Numerical Solutions of the Diffusion Equation
• Permeation of Gases, Water Vapor and Volatile Organic Compounds
• Migration of Plastic Constituents
• Migration from Food Packaging: Regulatory Considerations for Estimating Exposure
• European Commission Legislation on Materials and Articles Intended to Come Into Contact with Food
• Sensory Problems Caused by Foof and Packaging Interactions
• Case Study: Styrene Monomer Migration into Dairy Products in Single Serve Portion Packs
• Possibilities and Limitations of Migration Modeling
• References
• Appendices - Diffusion Data, UNIFAC Parameters, Commercial Additives