走向可持续食品包装:机械回收对热色聚合物性能的影响
Colette Breheny1, Declan Mary Colbert1, Gilberto Bezerra1
1Polymer, Recycling, Industrial, Sustainability and Manufacturing (PRISM) Research Institute, Technological University of the Shannon, University Road, N37 HD68 Athlone, Ireland.
Polymers
|April 26, 2025
概括
机械回收会降解聚烯 (PP) 食品包装中的热色素 (TP),降低光学和机械性能. 这影响了TP的可持续性,智能包装解决方案的可行性.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 聚合物回收利用 聚合物回收利用
- 食品包装技术 食品包装技术
背景情况:
- 热色素颜料 (TPs) 通过指示温度,提高安全性和减少浪费来增强食品包装.
- 包装材料中集成的TP的可回收性尚未得到充分了解,尤其是在财产保留方面.
- 聚烯 (PP) 是一种常见的食品包装材料,使其与TP的混合物具有工业应用的相关性.
研究的目的:
- 研究机械回收对含有热色素颜料 (TPs) 的聚烯 (PP) 混合物的影响.
- 在多次回收循环后评估热稳定性,颜色转变,机械完整性和表面形态的变化.
- 评估在可持续和智能食品包装系统中使用TP的可行性,考虑到可回收性.
主要方法:
- 准备了三种PP配方,含有不同TP度 (0%,2%,8%).
- 材料经历了五个周期的机械回收.
- 分析的属性包括热稳定性,色彩过渡行为 (ΔE*ab),机械强度和表面形态.
主要成果:
- 纯 PP (PP100/TP0) 在回收后显示最小的降解 (6%的结晶性损失, ΔE*ab = 1.45).
- 具有2%TP的PP (PP98/TP2) 呈现中等性能损失: -10.8%的机械强度, ΔE*ab = 6.52.
- 有8%TP的PP (PP92/TP8) 显示显著降解:+3.8°C的激活温度增加,42.9%的和损失,归因于聚合物分解和色素聚合.
结论:
- 机械回收对含有热色素颜料的PP混合物的性能产生负面影响.
- 更高的TP度导致更明显的降解,限制了它们在可回收智能包装中的使用.
- 需要进一步的研究,以提高TP在循环包装应用的再加工过程中的稳定性.
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