Food Additives and Contaminants
22, No.10, Oct.2005, p.945-55
APPLICATION OF FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA) FOR THE SIMULATION OF RELEASE OF ADDITIVES FROM MULTILAYER POLYMERIC PACKAGING STRUCTURES
Roduit B; Borgeat C H; Cavin S; Fragniere C; Dudler V AKTS AG; Switzerland,Federal Office of Public Health

The development of a diffusion model based on finite element analysis to simulate migration of additives from multilayer polymeric packaging in contact with food under non-isothermal conditions is described. The potential and limitations of the model are presented, and the correlation between experimental data determined using multilayer low-density polyethylene/polypropylene films and computed results is discussed. 16 refs.

SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE

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