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Determination of Bio Content in Polymers used in the Packaging of food Products

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2019

C Telloli Open the ORCID record for C Telloli [Opens in a new window] ,
A Rizzo Open the ORCID record for A Rizzo [Opens in a new window] ,
C Canducci  and
P Bartolomei
C Telloli*
Affiliation:
ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department Nuclear Safety, Security and Sustainability Division - via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, 40129, Bologna, Italy
A Rizzo
Affiliation:
ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department Nuclear Safety, Security and Sustainability Division - via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, 40129, Bologna, Italy
C Canducci
Affiliation:
U-Series srl - via Ferrarese 131, 40128, Bologna, Italy
P Bartolomei
Affiliation:
ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department Nuclear Safety, Security and Sustainability Division - via Martiri di Monte Sole 4, 40129, Bologna, Italy
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The ENEA Radiocarbon Laboratory (Bologna, Italy) has been operating since 1985; it is the oldest among such laboratories operating in Italy and has been active for about 30 years in the field of dating of different types of samples with the radiocarbon (14C) liquid scintillation method. This study shows the detailed procedure for radiocarbon analysis on bioplastic materials by means of the synthesis of benzene, which includes CO2 production and purification, synthesis of acetylene, and synthesis and collection of benzene. The changes made to the original design of the synthesis procedures and the operational parameters adopted to optimize the combustion of the plastic materials are described. The measurement of 14C activity was performed using the liquid scintillation counting technique by a QuantulusTM 1220 low-background counter. The δ13C content was compared with the percentage of 14C concentration for the characterization of the bio content in plastic used in the food packaging.

Keywords

bioplasticfood packagingradiocarbon
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Conference Paper
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Radiocarbon , Volume 61 , Issue 6: Radiocarbon 2018 Conference Proceedings Trondheim, Norway, June 17–22, 2018 Part 2 of 2 , December 2019 , pp. 1973 - 1981
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© 2019 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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Selected Papers from the 23rd International Radiocarbon Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 17–22 June, 2018

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