Water Vapor Permeability of an Edible, Fatty Acid, Bilayer Film

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A bilayer film consisting of stearic and palmitic acids as one layer and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose as the other was prepared. The permeability of this film to water vapor was tested under a variety of conditions involving film composition, temperature and relative humidity. This film exhibited permeability values (g · mil w m −2 · day −1 · mm Hg −1 ) of 0.5 at 40°C 0.3 at 25°C 1.7 at 5°C, and 6.0 at −19°C. This film would be expected to perform well at relative humidities below 90% and temperatures within the range of 40°C to ‐19°C.