Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5203318 | Polymer Degradation and Stability | 2009 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Sterilisation of plastic packaging materials for food, pharmaceutical or cosmetic products with 60Co γ-irradiation in the presence of oxygen can result in the formation of volatile substances. These may subsequently induce off-odours in these materials that might be regarded as negative by the consumers. Trace volatiles and odorous substances of polypropylene, irradiated with 60Co γ rays at 10 and 20 kGy, respectively, were collected and analysed by gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O), GC-MS and GC-GC-MS. The methodology was successfully applied for identification of 29 characteristic odorants in a non-irradiated control sample and 38 odorants in γ-irradiated polypropylene samples. Selected odour-active compounds were quantified using GC-GC-MS in combination with stable isotope dilution assays. The quantitative data mirrors the compositional changes in volatile odorous substances from polypropylene during treatment with ionising γ rays in a 60Co-irradiation plant.
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Authors
Oxana Tyapkova, Michael Czerny, Andrea Buettner,