Film selectively permeable to carbon dioxide gas and food packaging film comprising the same
AssigneeKureha Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomonori Hosoda, Hiroyuki Oba, Toru Saika, Katsumi Kawaguchi
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Abstract
A film selectively permeable to carbon dioxide gas which includes chitosan having a degree of deacetylation of 70 mol % or higher and in which the ratio of the carbon dioxide gas transmission (CO2TR) to the oxygen gas transmission (O2TR), (CO2TR/O2TR), is 15 or higher and a food packaging film made from such a film. The films are insoluble in water, are highly safe from the standpoint of food hygiene, and have such selective gas permeability that the ratio of carbon dioxide gas transmission to oxygen gas transmission is high, which can be economically obtained.
Claims4
A film selectively permeable to carbon dioxide gas comprising a laminate film comprising at least three layers composed of an outer layer, an intermediate layer and an inner layer, wherein the outer layer and the inner layer comprise a thermoplastic resin and the intermediate layer comprises a chitosan having a degree of deacetylation 70 mol % or higher and in which a ratio (CO2TR/O2TR) of carbon dioxide gas transmission (CO2TR) to oxygen gas transmission (O2TR) measured at a temperature of 23° C. and at a relative humidity (RH) of 80% is 15 or higher, and wherein the ratio (CO2TR/O2TR) of as the laminate film is 10 or higher.
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