Research Article

Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on the Properties of Pectin/Alginate Edible Films

Table 3

WVP and WVTR of P/AG films with various ZnO-NP contents.

ZnO-NP contents (g/100 g of blended polymer)WVP × 10−14 (kg·m/m2·Pa ·s)WVRT × 10−7 (kg/m2·s)

01.01 ± 0.029a4.226 ± 0.121a
0.50.576 ± 0.018b2.148 ± 0.069b
2.50.447 ± 0.008c1.949 ± 0.035b
50.414 ± 0.02cd1.486 ± 0.069c
250.381 ± 0.019d1.437 ± 0.069c

Alphabets in a column indicate a significant difference at by Duncan’s multiple.