Plastics are the most important class of packaging materials. This successful handbook, now in its second edition, covers all important aspects of plastic packaging and the interdisciplinary knowledge needed by food chemists, pharmaceutical chemists, food technologists, materials scientists, process engineers, and product developers alike.
This is an indispensable resource in the search for the optimal plastic packaging. Materials characteristics, additives and their effects, mass transport phenomena, quality assurance, and recent regulatory requirements from FDA and European Commission are covered in detail with ample data.Content:
Chapter 1 Preservation of Quality through Packaging (pages 1โ13): Dr. Albert Baner and Dr. Otto Piringer
Chapter 2 Characteristics of Plastic Materials (pages 15โ61): Johannes Brandsch and Dr. Otto Piringer
Chapter 3 Polymer Additives (pages 63โ88): Jan Pospisil and Stanislav Nespurek
Chapter 4 Partition Coefficients (pages 89โ121): Dr. Albert Baner and Dr. Otto Piringer
Chapter 5 Models for Diffusion in Polymers (pages 123โ162): Peter Mercea
Chapter 6 A Uniform Model for Prediction of Diffusion Coefficients with Emphasis on Plastic Materials (pages 163โ193): Dr. Otto Piringer
Chapter 7 Transport Equations and Their Solutions (pages 195โ246): Dr. Otto Piringer and Titus Beu
Chapter 8 Solution of the Diffusion Equation for Multilayer Packaging (pages 247โ262): Valer Tosa and Peter Mercea
Chapter 9 User?Friendly Software for Migration Estimations (pages 263โ296): Peter Mercea, Liviu Petrescu, Dr. Otto Piringer and Valer Tosa
Chapter 10 Permeation of Gases and Condensable Substances through Monolayer and Multilayer Structures (pages 297โ347): Horst?Christian Langowski
Chapter 11 Migration of Plastic Constituents (pages 349โ415): Roland Franz and Angela Stormer
Chapter 12 US FDA Food Contact Materials Regulations (pages 417โ439): Allan Bailey, Layla Batarseh, Timothy Begley and Michelle Twaroski
Chapter 13 Community Legislation on Materials and Articles Intended to Come into Contact with Foodstuffs (pages 441โ463): Luigi Rossi
Chapter 14 Packaging Related Off?Flavors in Foods (pages 465โ497): Dr. Albert Baner, Francois Chastellain and Andre Mandanis
Chapter 15 Possibilities and Limitations of Migration Modeling (pages 499โ522): Peter Mercea and Dr. Otto Piringer
