Gabriele Benedetti

Mr. Gabriele Benedetti; MSc. in Molecular Biology at the University of Pisa in Italy, graduated cum Laude with dissertation about polymeric bioartificial materials; Grant holder in microelectronics and bioelectronics at Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research; Research fellow about polymeric materials and development of new technologies for packaging at the Italian National Institute for the Physics of Matter; Founder and for 11 years CEO of a spin-off company of the University of Pisa specialized in permeation testing systems; Since June 2017 Area Sales Manager Europe - Permeation Testing Systems at AMETEK MOCON.

Summary

Presentation Title: Permeation basics and their importance for the packaging industry

In this presentation we will show what gas permeation through plastic food packaging materials is, what its fundamental aspects are and why its mesurements is crucial for the food packaging industries. Differences between permeation and diffusion; Fick’s law; intrinsic and polymeric properties affecting permeation: polymer characteristics, enviromental conditions, technological factors., testing permeation of flat materials vs. testing permeation of finished food packages, various case histories of real food packaging applications will be presented to show practically how permeation testing can help food industries to design or select the most suitable packaging for their specifc applications and products.

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