Barex 210 and 218 Resins £ barrier Peat properties 2 7 ' TECHNICAL NOTE BARRIER PROPERTIES OF BAREX 210AND 218 RESINS Barex 210 and 218 high barrier resins are impact modified acrylonitrile ~ methyl acrylate copolymers. Barex 218 contains a higher proportion of impact modifier for enhanced toughness and flexibility Jn food packaging applications the high gas barrier properties of Barex resins ensure product longevity, shelf life, and retention of natural odour and taste by sealing in desirable gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen, while simultaneously sealing out oxygen. ‘TYPICAL GAS BARRIER PROPERTIES Permeability to: Barex 210 Barex 218 Oxygen (23°C, 1000RH) 03 06 Nitrogen (23°C, 100%RH) 0.08 NA Carbon Dioxide (23°C, O%4RH) 06 08 Water Vapour (38°C, 100%RH) 20 3.0 Units: Gases cm}.mni/m?.day.bar Water Vapour g.mm/m?.day.bar ASTM Standards: Oxygen (D3985), Water Vapour (F1249-89). ‘Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide (None). Barex resins are used in direct food contact applications, and are especially suitable for packaging processed meats fish, cheese, spices and sauces, Their exceptional barrier properties make Barex resins an excellent choice for controlled, or modified atmosphere packaging, BP CHEMICALSOXYGEN BARRIER Barex resins offer the advantages of monolayer construction for bares highest Barrier using the gen barrier rat by having the any plastic material widely used for single layer construction. formance can be further enhanced by producing oriented containers, for example by ‘extrusion stretch blow moulding process for making bottles. OXYGEN TRANSMISSION RATE COMPARISON BAREX 210 = carcxzie A cacao Ml PAS PET o4 1.0 10 100 ‘cm?.mm/m? day.bar (To ASTM D1434, 25°C, O%RH ‘except Barex, 23°C, 100%RH) 08 0.15 10 12 34 a7 74HUMIDITY AND OXYGEN BARRIER PERFORMANCE Barex resins offer high bassicr 10 oxygen atall levels of retative humidity from 0% up to 100%. Not all barrier materials are capable of this; oxygen permeability of other high barrier resins can be significantly increased by moisture. Selection of Barex ensures that 2 consistently high barrier to ‘oxygen is maintained irrespective of humidity level. EFFECT OF MOISTURE UPON OXYGEN PERMEABILITY: BAREX 210 109 ‘90% RELATIVE HUMIDITY ‘TEMPERATURE AND OXYGEN BARRIER PERFORMANCE Barrier performance is also dependent upon temperature, The following table shows the oxygen barrier profile of Barex 210 between —10 and +50°C. EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE UPON OXYGEN PERMEABILITY: BAREX 210 125 Oxygen 4100 Transmission Rate cma}. mm/ sm? day.barWATER VAPOUR BARRIER ‘ ‘A comparison ofthe water vapour barsier properties of Barex resins shows them to be comparable ‘with other polar materials, but modest in respect of non-polar polyolefins, In applications where exclusion of moisture is eritical, the water Vapour barrier of Barex resins can be enhanced by luminating co polyethylene, taus givingan excellent combination of high gas and moisture batter. WATER VAPOUR TRANSMISSION RATE COMPARISON cancx 70 20 ax 7s 20 PAG 9.0 ee a | 168 a 12 PAI1 +12 Co) 1.6 HOPE on er 03 PP PC PS 39 LDPE 0.6 Or 02 0s 10 20 5.0 10 gmm/m?.day bir /To ASTM E9GE, 38°C).