Injection Molded PP Foams Using Food Ingredients for Food Packaging Applications

Injection Molded PP Foams Using Food Ingredients for Food Packaging Applications

A new approach to the creation of polypropylene (PP) based foaming materials was developed using food grade foaming agents that were coated on the PP pellets. More specifically, sodium bicarbonate and organic acids were used to coat PP pellets using either polyethyleneoxide (PEO) or lipid esters as...

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Main Authors: Artemis Tsagdi, Ioannis Drossos, Despoina Georgiou, Stylianos Exarhopoulos, Georgios Karasiotas, Joannis K. Kallitsis, Eleni P. Kalogianni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Polymers
Subjects:
polypropylene
coating process
foamed PP
foaming agents
food ingredients
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/2/288

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