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The permeation of gaseous substances through packaging materials is based on diffusion as a mass transport mechanism. Under the assumption of stationary conditions, the determination of the water vapor and oxygen permeability on plastic films is demonstrated and illustrated with examples. Comparison with conduction of electric current or heat flow allows the development of electro-analog models for the calculation of permeation. In this way, values for films made of several materials can also be easily calculated in order to design composite films with required properties, e.g., from biopolymers. Using the example of permeation steady state diffusion-controlled transport processes can be understood and the multitude of specific terms be ordered. At the end of the chapter examples from packaging technology are listed, which can be used for further studies and as suggestions for own scientific work.

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Figura, L.O., Teixeira, A.A. (2023). Permeability. In: Food Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27398-8_7

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