Increased Performance of Thermoplastic Packaging Materials by Using a Mild Oxidizing Biobased Additive

Table 9

Oxygen transmission rate and elongation at break of the 5-layer laminate.

Thickness of EVOH layer	MB 1	MB 2	OTR (cm^3O2/m^2*day)	Elongation at break (%)
5 μm	0.9%	0.1%	2,12±0.03	355±55
5 μm	1.8%	0.2%	1,51±0.03	318±6
10 μm	0%	0%	3±0.5 *	—
5 μm	0%	0%	5±1.0 *	—

*Information from technical datasheet (Nippon Gohsei).