RESULTS
Table 1: The Weight of Container for Plastics (g)
Day (s) Weight of container (g)
Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Average Weight ∆ weight
weight (g)
0 106.90 107.33 107.62 107.28 - -
3 93.17 76.15 105.43 91.58 15.70 15.70
7 77.22 34.52 80.83 62.52 44.76 29.06
9 74.31 8.32 76.54 53.06 54.22 10.54
12 71.50 8.22 68.37 49.36 57.92 3.16
15 54.72 8.16 60.37 41.08 66.20 11.44
Table 2: The Weight of Container for Aluminium (g)
Day (s) Weight of container (g)
Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Average Weight ∆ weight
weight (g)
0 107.59 107.14 107.62 107.45 - -
3 104.20 106.16 106.30 105.55 1.90 1.90
7 100.61 103.99 103.71 102.77 4.68 2.78
9 95.55 101.15 100.87 99.19 8.26 3.58
12 87.51 99.71 99.72 95.65 11.8 3.54
15 78.97 78.59 92.69 83.42 24.03 12.23
Table 3: The Weight of Container for Paper (g)
Day (s) Weight of container (g)
Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Average Weight ∆ weight
weight (g)
0 107.62 108.34 108.48 108.15 - -
3 104.64 105.11 105.22 104.99 3.16 3.16
7 99.58 97.98 98.98 98.85 9.30 6.14
9 97.53 92.73 95.89 95.38 12.77 3.47
12 93.38 89.18 89.57 90.71 17.44 4.67
15 85.54 85.49 77.36 82.80 25.35 7.91
Weight (g) vs Time (Day)
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y = 4.5427x + 4.9723
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60
Weight (g)
50
40
30
20
10
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Time (Day)
weight Linear (weight ) Linear (weight )
Figure 1: Graph of weight (g) against time (days) for plastic
Weight (g) vs Time (day)
30
25
20
y = 1.4574x - 2.7283
Weight (g)
15
10
5
0
-5 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Time (Day)
weight (g) Linear (weight (g)) Linear (weight (g))
Figure 2: Graph of weight (g) against time (days) for aluminium
Weight (g) vs Time (day)
30
25
y = 1.6581x - 1.3752
20
Weight (g)
15
10
5
0
-5 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Time (Day)
weight (g) Linear (weight (g)) Linear (weight (g))
Figure 3: Graph of weight (g) against time (days) for paper
The formula for slope:
𝑾𝟐 − 𝑾𝟏
𝑺𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 =
𝒕𝟐 − 𝒕𝟏
Where:
Slope = permeability of package, in grams water per day (g H2O/d)
W2 – W1 = difference in weight gained (in grams) between two points on the straight line
t2 – t1 = difference in time (in days) between the points corresponding to W2 and W1
Table 4: The value of slope for each types of packaging.
Types of Packaging Slope (g / day) Average permeability (g/m2. day)
Plastic 4.2083 738.2982
Aluminium 1.8442 323.5439
Paper 1.8492 324.4211
Diameter of container : 85.16
Diameter of mm = 0.0852
container m mm = 0.0852 m
: 85.16
Radius of container : 0.0426 m
Area of container : 0.0057 m 2
Thickness of plastic : 0.09 mm = 90 µm
Thickness of paper : 0.11 mm = 110 µm
Thickness of aluminium : 0.02 mm = 20 µm
Volume of water : 100 ml
Water vapour transmission rate (WVTR):
(𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟) 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝐻2 0
𝑊𝑉𝑇𝑅 = =
(𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎)(𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒) 𝑚2 . 𝑑𝑎𝑦
Table 5: The value of water vapour permeability for each types of packaging.
𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝑯𝟐 𝟎
Water Vapour Permeability ( )
𝒎𝟐 .𝒅𝒂𝒚
Days
Plastic Aluminium Paper
3 918.1287 111.1111 184.7953
6 1121.8045 117.2932 233.0827
9 1056.9201 161.0136 248.9278
12 846.7836 172.5146 254.9708
15 774.2690 281.0526 296.4912