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Oxygen depletion properties of glucose-grafted polyethylene resins filled with sodium ascorbate/modified iron compounds

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Oxygen scavenging plastic can react with oxygen that was trapped in the packaging materials or permeated into the packages, and then, extend the shelf life of food contained in packages. Sodium ascorbate (SA) and modified iron (MFe) compounds were chosen as the main components of oxygen scavengers to prepare the oxygen scavenging LDPE plastics. However, the widely used hydrophobic LDPE packaging material will slow down the oxygen depletion rate of these oxygen scavenger compounds. So glucose was used to modify the hydrophobic property of LDPE to improve the oxygen depletion properties of LDPE oxygen scavenging plastic. The oxygen depletion efficiency of L95[SAx(MFe)y]5 series samples improved initially as the weight ratios of SA/MFe increase, and reached the best as the weight ratios of SA/MFe approach 7/3. After modifying LDPE with glucoses, the oxygen depletion efficiency of each ML95[SAx(MFe)y]5 specimen improved even better than that of the corresponding L95[SAx(MFe)y]5 specimen with the same loading of oxygen scavenger compound, wherein the oxygen depletion efficiency of ML95[SAx(MFe)y]5 series specimens reached the best as the weight ratios of SA/MFe approach 1/9. In consistent with the oxygen depletion properties found in the previous section, the peroxide values of modeled food samples tested in the airtight flask with L95[SAx(MFe)y]5 and ML95[SAx(MFe)y]5 series samples reduce consistently as their oxygen depletion properties improve. In order to understand the interesting oxygen depletion properties of L95[SAx(MFe)y]5 and ML95[SAx(MFe)y]5 series samples, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive X-rays analysis of these samples were performed.

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The authors would like to express their appreciation to the Department of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs (95-EC-17-A-11-S1-057, 96-EC-17-A-11-S1-057 and 97-EC-17-A-11-S1-057) and National Science Council (NSC 97-2221-E-011 -027 -MY3) for support of this work.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Green Processing and Functional Textiles of New Textile Materials (Wuhan Textile University), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430073, China

    Li Cui, Ping Zhu & Jen-taut Yeh

  2. Faculty of Material Science and engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China

    Li-ping Xu, Fang-Chang Tsai, Tao Jiang & Jen-taut Yeh

  3. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, TanKang University, Tamsui, Taiwan

    Jen-taut Yeh

  4. Graduate School of Polymer Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

    Jen-taut Yeh

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Cui, L., Xu, Lp., Tsai, FC. et al. Oxygen depletion properties of glucose-grafted polyethylene resins filled with sodium ascorbate/modified iron compounds. J Polym Res 18, 1301–1313 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-010-9533-y

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