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Optimization of a process capable of decreasing the pollution from PVC packaging material
Author(s) -
Bichara Ali,
Fugit JeanLuc,
Ouillon Isabelle,
Taverdet JeanLouis
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19991227)74:14<3492::aid-app24>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - plasticizer , materials science , food packaging , process engineering , immersion (mathematics) , composite material , polymer science , chemistry , mathematics , engineering , food science , pure mathematics
This work is the study of a process capable of decreasing the migration of the plasticizer into a liquid food or a simulant from a plasticized PVC packaging. The treatment is a two‐step process: (1) soaking in a liquid, and (2) drying at various temperatures. The efficiency of this method depends on many factors: nature of the liquid and immersion time, temperature and time of drying, etc. The influence of the most important of them had been quantified with a mathematical model previously described. The purpose of this study is to search for the best value of each parameter and, therefore, to optimize the reduction of mass transfers. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 74: 3492–3450, 1999