Modeling release of chemicals from multilayer materials into food

Abstract

The migration of chemicals from materials into food is predictable by various mathematical models. In this article, a general mathematical model is developed to quantify the retease of chemicals through multilayer packaging films based on Fick's diffusion. The model is solved numerically to elucidate the effects of different diffusivity values of different layers, distribution of chemical between two adjacent layers and between material and food, mass transfer at the interface of material and food on the migration process.