INITIAL CONCENTRATION PROFILE INFLUENCE ON MIGRATION MEASUREMENTS FROM PLASTIC PACKAGING: A SIMULATION STUDY

José Eduardo Manzoli, Paulo Roberto Rela, Juliana Silva Félix, Magali Monteiro

Abstract

Migration of components from plastic packaging into foodstuffs or into medicines is a very important issue, concerning public health. Using experimental techniques, like gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, these essays measure total migration and specific migration of components from plastic packaging. This work presents an explanation and applications of a numerical technique tool for this measurement, allowing the comprehension of the diffusion process and the estimate of component migration in difficult or impractical measurements. As an application example, the non-uniform influence of initial concentration profile on the migration is presented, demonstrating the necessity of this profile determination for high quality considerations on involved metrology.

Keywords

migration, diffusion, packaging, simulation, chemical contamination

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TC7 - Measurement Science

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