PRESS-SEALING METHOD OF ANIONIC POLYSACCHARIDE FILMS

Abstract

A press-sealing method of anionic polysaccharide films is disclosed, aiming to solve the technical problem that the existing polysaccharide films are difficult to be press-sealed into a bag. The press-sealing method includes following steps. (1) A chitosan quaternary ammonium salt solution is prepared. (2) An anionic polysaccharide film is pretreated. (3) The chitosan quaternary ammonium salt solution is applied to a part to be sealed between two anionic polysaccharide films, and the part be sealed is pressed for 12 s under conditions of a pressure of 0.30.5 MPa and a temperature of 2030 C. to complete the press-sealing. The press-sealing strength of the anionic polysaccharide films after press-sealing is 1.380.266.950.95 N/15 mm. It is used for packaging beef tallow and other foods, can effectively prolong the shelf life of foods, and can be used in the field of food packaging.

Claims

1. A press-sealing method of anionic polysaccharide films, comprising: (1) preparation of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt solution: adding 0.5-1.5 g of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt into 100 ml distilled water and stirring at a room temperature until the chitosan quaternary ammonium salt is completely dissolved to obtain a chitosan quaternary ammonium salt solution; (2) pretreating an anionic polysaccharide film in an environment under a temperature of 2030 C. and a humidity of 43%-75% RH for 6-12 h; (3) applying the chitosan quaternary ammonium salt solution to a part to be sealed between two anionic polysaccharide films, and pressing the part be sealed for 1-2 s under conditions of a pressure of 0.30.5 MPa and a temperature of 20-30 C., so as to complete the press-sealing of the anionic polysaccharide films.

2. The press-sealing method of anionic polysaccharide films of claim 1, wherein the anionic polysaccharide film in step (2) is -carrageenan film, sodium carboxymethylcellulose film or sodium alginate film.

3. The press-sealing method of anionic polysaccharide films of claim 2, wherein a preparation method of the -carrageenan film described in step (2) comprising: adding -carrageenan into distilled water at 60-80 C. and stirring for 30-45 min, then adding sorbitol and stirring for 30-45 min to obtain a film-forming solution; pouring the film-forming solution into a plastic tank while being hot to cast a film, and drying the film at a temperature of 50-60 C. to obtain the -carrageenan film.

4. The press-sealing method of anionic polysaccharide films of claim 3, wherein a mass ratio of the -carrageenan, the distilled water and the sorbitol is (1.52.5):(200400):1.

5. The press-sealing method of anionic polysaccharide films of claim 1, wherein an overlap of the part to be sealed between the two anionic polysaccharide films in step (3) is 5-10 mm.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] FIG. 1 is an infrared spectrum of CF, CQAS and CF-CQAS in embodiment 1.

[0017] FIG. 2 is a SEM picture of the cross section of C-5CQAS in embodiment 1.

[0018] FIG. 3 is a SEM picture of the cross section of C-10CQAS in embodiment 2.

[0019] FIG. 4 is a SEM picture of the cross section of C-15CQAS in embodiment 3.

[0020] FIG. 5 is a SEM picture of the cross section of C-15CQAS (pressureless) in embodiment 4.

[0021] FIG. 6 is a diagram of the test results of the press-sealing strength and moisture content of the samples prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3 under different constant humidity times.

[0022] FIG. 7 is a comparative diagram of the press-sealing strength of C-0CQAS (water as adhesive), C-15CQAS and C-15CQAS (pressureless) after 12 hours of constant humidity at 53% RH.

[0023] FIG. 8 shows the optical properties of CF and samples C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS and C-15CQAS prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3 just after press-sealing.

[0024] FIG. 9 shows the optical properties of CF and samples C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS and C-15CQAS prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3 after drying at 70 C. for 1 h.

[0025] FIG. 10 shows the optical properties of CF and samples C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS and C-15CQAS prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3 after drying at 70 C. for 1 h and then continuing 12 hours of constant humidity at 53% RH.

[0026] FIG. 11 shows TG spectra of CF and CQAS in embodiment 1.

[0027] FIG. 12 shows DTG spectra of CF and CQAS in embodiment 1.

[0028] FIG. 13 shows TG spectra of samples C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS and C-15CQAS prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3.

[0029] FIG. 14 shows DTG spectra of samples C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS and C-15CQAS prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3.

[0030] FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the change of peroxide value of beef tallow press-sealed in the packaging film.

[0031] FIG. 16 is a result diagram of the mass remaining rate of C-15CQAS degradation in soil.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0032] The following embodiments are used to verify the beneficial effects of the disclosure.

[0033] Embodiment 1: the press-sealing method of anionic polysaccharide films was carried out according to following steps.

[0034] (1) Preparation of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt solution. 0.5 g of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt was added into 100 ml distilled water and stirred at a room temperature until the chitosan quaternary ammonium salt was completely dissolved to obtain a chitosan quaternary ammonium salt solution.

[0035] (2) 6 g -carrageenan was added into 400 mL distilled water at 65 C. and stirred for 45 min, then 3 g sorbitol was added and stirred for 45 min to obtain a film-forming solution. The film-forming solution was poured into a plastic tank while being hot to cast a film, and the film was dried at a temperature of 50 C. for 24 h to obtain the -carrageenan film. And the -carrageenan film was pretreated in an environment with a temperature of 25 C. and a humidity of 53% RH for 6 h.

[0036] (3) The chitosan quaternary ammonium salt solution was applied to a part to be sealed between two -carrageenan films. The part to be sealed was overlapped by 10 mm, and the part was pressed for is under the conditions of pressure of 0.45 MPa and temperature of 25 C., so as to complete the press-sealing of the -carrageenan films. The press-sealing sample was marked as C-5CQAS.

[0037] The infrared spectra of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt (CQAS), -carrageenan (CF) and the mixed precipitate of 100 ml of 15 g/L chitosan quaternary ammonium salt and 400 ml of 15 g/L -carrageenan were tested. The infrared spectra were shown in FIG. 1. 3267-3335 cm.sup.1 is the characteristic absorption peak of NH or OH, and 2925 cm.sup.1 and 2884 cm.sup.1 are the stretching vibration and bending vibration of CH. It can be seen from FIG. 1 that the characteristic peaks of CF are 1237 cm.sup.1 (sulfate), 923 cm.sup.1 (3,6-dehydrated galactose) and 845 cm.sup.1 (galactose-4-sulfate). 1480 cm.sup.1 is the quaternary ammonium salt side chain of CQAS. When the two are combined, the characteristic peak of CF at 1237 cm.sup.1 shifts to 1221 cm.sup.1, which is due to the combination of carrageenan and CQAS through electrostatic force.

[0038] Embodiment 2: the difference between this embodiment and embodiment 1 is that the addition amount of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt in step (1) was 1.0 g, and others were the same as embodiment 1. The obtained press-sealing sample was recorded as C-10CQAS.

[0039] Embodiment 3: the difference between this embodiment and embodiment 1 is that the addition amount of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt in step (1) was 1.5 g, and others were the same as embodiment 1. The obtained press-sealing sample was recorded as C-15CQAS.

[0040] Embodiment 4: the difference between this embodiment and embodiment 1 is that the addition amount of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt in step 1 was 1.5 g, and the pressure in step (3) was 0 MPa. Others were the same as embodiment 1. The sample obtained was recorded as C-15CQAS (pressureless).

[0041] The samples of the -carrageenan films press-sealed in embodiments 1, 2, 3 and 4 were cut to 15 mm65 mm strips, dried at 70 C. for 1 h, then placed in the environment of constant humidity at 53% RH for 1, 2, 4, 6 and 12 hours. The samples after 12 hours of constant humidity were taken for scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation. The SEM photos obtained are shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 in turn. The data of the gap between the two -carrageenan films are shown in Table 1.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Gap width of samples prepared in embodiments 1, 2, 3 and 4 Sample Embodiment 1 Embodiment 2 Embodiment3 Embodiment4 Gap width (m) 4.114 0.020 2.203 0.059 0.749 0.014 6.400 0.123

[0042] Comparing FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5, it can be seen that the gap widths between the two -carrageenan films gradually decreased with the increase of the concentration of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt, which may be due to the increase of bonding sites between chitosan quaternary ammonium salt and -carrageenan. However, when there was pressureless adhesion (chitosan quaternary ammonium salt 15 g/L), the gap widths between carrageenan films increased again, indicating that the pressure was conducive to the combination of chitosan quaternary ammonium salt and -carrageenan.

[0043] The samples prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3 were tested for press-sealing strength and moisture content. The obtained press-sealing strength and moisture content are shown in FIG. 6. It can be seen from FIG. 6 that the press-sealing strength of C-CQAS increased with the increase of CQAS content from 5 g/L to 15 g/L, which may be caused by the increase of CQAS and C link sites. At the same time, with the increase of constant humidity time, the press-sealing strength increased. The specific press-sealing strength data of the samples of embodiments 1, 2 and 3 are shown in Table 2.

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Press-sealing strength of samples prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3 Press-sealing strength (N/15 mm) Constant Constant Constant Constant Constant humidity humidity humidity humidity humidity Sample 1 h 2 h 4 h 6 h 12 h Embodiment 1 1.38 0.26 1.55 0.39 2.65 0.65 3.79 0.57 4.52 0.49 Embodiment 2 1.49 0.10 1.94 0.39 2.72 0.39 4.39 0.71 5.22 0.95 Embodiment 3 1.99 0.55 2.67 0.57 4.24 0.83 5.15 0.67 6.95 0.95

[0044] Generally, the heating-sealing strength of polyethylene film is about 8 N/15 mm. Although the press-sealing strength of the samples prepared by this method was lower than the heating-sealing strength of polyethylene film, it can also meet the normal use. After the two -carrageenan films were sealed with water as the adhesive, the press-sealing strength was compared with that of the pressureless C-15CQAS film prepared in the embodiment 4 and the C-15CQAS prepared in embodiment 3. As shown in FIG. 7, it can be seen that when only water is used as the adhesive, the space between the two films was occupied by water and still had a certain sealing strength (3.080.83 N/15 mm) under the action of atmospheric pressure. The press-sealing strength of the pressureless sample was low, because the pressure can remove the air between the two films and increase the bonding area between CQAS and KC.

[0045] The optical properties of CF and samples C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS and C-15CQAS prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3 were tested at three time points just after sealing, after drying at 70 C. for 1 h and after constant humidity at 53% RH for 12 h, as shown in FIGS. 8, 9, 10 and Table 3. It can be seen from FIGS. 8, 9 and 10 that the light transmittance of the samples after press-sealing was less than that of CF. When the press-sealing was just completed, the light transmittances of C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS and C-15CQAS were close (53.56554.091%) because the sealing strips contained a large amount of water and had strong reflection and refraction to light. After drying the samples at 70 C. for 1 h, the light transmittance of the samples after water loss decreased from 63.891% to 40.612% with the increase of the amount of CQAS, which is due to the formation of new substances between CQAS and KC increased the reflection and scattering of light. After drying at 70 C. for 1 h and then continuing constant humidity at 53% RH for 12 h, the light transmittance of C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS decreased slightly due to the increase of water content. The light transmittance of C-15CQAS increased, which is mainly due to the increase of water, which prevented the electrostatic interaction between CQAS and KC, and reduced the scattering and refraction of light. Detailed data are listed in Table 3.

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Transmittance at 600 nm of embodiments 1, 2, 3 and CF Transmittance (%) (600 nm) just after drying at 70 C. constant humidity at Sample press-sealing for 1 h 53% RH for 12 h CF 74.733 73.024 73.700 Embodiment 1 54.091 66.891 64.740 Embodiment 2 53.565 51.201 50.730 Embodiment 3 53.962 40.612 45.916

[0046] The optical property test of the films of samples C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS and C-15CQAS prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3 also shows that the light transmittance was reduced due to the combination of CQAS and carrageenan through electrostatic action. However, since only the edge of the packaging bag is press-sealed when packaging food, it does not affect the visual sense of the food in the bag after packaging.

[0047] The TG spectra of CF and CQAS in embodiment 1 are shown in FIG. 11, the DTG spectra are shown in FIG. 12, the TG spectra of samples C-5CQAS, C-10CQAS and C-15CQAS prepared in embodiments 1, 2 and 3 are shown in FIG. 13, the DTG spectra are shown in FIG. 14. As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, the spectra of CF and CQAS are mainly divided into two stages. The first stage is mainly the evaporation of water, and the temperatures are 22.86122.20 C. and 17.3120.36 C. respectively. It may be that the water retention of CF is better than CQAS, which makes its water loss temperature slightly higher. The second weight loss stage is 215.60415.53 C. and 232.34281.23 C. respectively. This stage is mainly the decomposition of polysaccharides, and the thermal decomposition temperature of CQAS is slightly higher than that of CF. Therefore, the thermal stability of KC-CQAS is slightly higher than that of CF, indicating that the thermal stability of the press-sealing part of carrageenan film is slightly improved, and the press-sealing has no effect on the packaging. It can be seen from FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 that the thermal stability of KC-CQAS does not change with the increase of the amount of CQAS, which may be due to the small amount of CQAS added. The thermal decomposition data of the samples of embodiments 1, 2 and 3 and CF and CQAS are listed in Table 4.

TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Thermal decomposition performance data of samples in embodiments 1, 2 and 3, CF and CQAS Sample T.sub.o ( C.) T.sub.E ( C.) T.sub.DTG max ( C.) CF 215.60 415.33 230.34 CQAS 232.34 468.35 252.9 Embodiment 1 217.24 408.72 227.99 Embodiment 2 217.69 408.66 226.85 Embodiment 3 217.52 408.34 225.76

[0048] The barrier properties of PE and CF are shown in Table 5. It can be seen from table 5 that the water vapor transmittance of PE is lower than that of CF, but the oxygen permeability is higher than that of CF.

TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 Barrier performance of PE and CF Thickness Water vapor transmittance Oxygen permeability Sample (um) (g m.sup.1 s.sup.1 Pa.sup.1 10.sup.12) (cm.sup.3 mm m.sup.2 dat.sup.1 atm.sup.1) PE 77.400 0.490 1.001 0.084 7376.256 18.829 CF 69.3 2.65 137.760 3.001 1.479 0.213

[0049] In order to investigate the sealing performance of the method of the disclosure, the beef tallow was packaged with PE film and CF respectively, and the CF packaged beef tallow was press-sealed with the method of embodiment 3, i.e., C-15CQAS. The peroxide value (POV) of unpackaged beef tallow was measured 75 days after packaging to explore the application of press-sealing film in food packaging. The peroxide value obtained was shown in FIG. 15. It can be seen from FIG. 15 that the POV of fresh beef tallow is 0.0098 g/100 g, which increases to 0.2659 g/100 g after 75 days and has deteriorated. The POV of beef tallow packed with PE is 0.1087 g/100 g, which is lower than that of the sample in air, and it does not deteriorate after 75 days because PE has certain oxygen barrier. The CF bags press-sealed with in the method of embodiment 3 has a better oxygen barrier and can better limit the penetration of oxygen into the package. Therefore, the POV of the beef tallow packed with CF is only 0.0713 g/100 g. When used in the packaging of oil food, it can effectively prolong the shelf life of food. At the same time, the results can also prove that the method of embodiment 3 has good sealing performance of the press-sealing.

[0050] Degradability is also an important index to investigate food packaging. Generally, plastics take hundreds of years to degrade, and even degradable plastics take months to years. C-15CQAS, the press-sealed sample of embodiment 3, was placed in the soil for natural degradation, and the residual rate in the soil at different days was shown in FIG. 16. It can be seen from FIG. 16 that 71.69% was degraded in 3 days, but only 3.99% was degraded in the next 9 days because the CQAS used had certain antibacterial properties. However, compared with plastic products, it has good biodegradability as a packaging film material.