Physical and mechanical properties of water resistant sodium alginate films

Properties of sodium alginate films were modified using two different methods of CaCl2 treatment, i.e. the direct addition of CaCl2 into film making solution (mixing films) and the immersion of alginate films into CaCl2 solutions (immersion films), and their treatment effects on tensile strength (TS), percentage elongation at break (E), water vapor permeability (WVP), and water solubility (WS) of the films were investigated. TS and E of the mixing films were not changed considerably, but those of the immersion films changed considerably with significant (P<0.05) increase in TS and decrease in E. WVP of the immersion films decreased significantly (P<0.05), but that of the mixing films did not decreased. Water resistance measured by WS was not improved with the mixing films, but the alginate films became water resistant when they treated by immersing in higher than 2 g/100 ml CaCl2 solutions. Water adsorption by the films also decreased in the immersion films. Swelling ratio (SR) of the immersion film decreased with temperature without affecting WS of the films.

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