Breath Strip Film Disintegration


Industry:

Cosmetics

Films

Pharmaceutical

Packaging

Attributes measured:

hardness

firmness

onset time to disintegration

time to solid failure

disintegration time

Background

Two brands of breath strips films were evaluated for their disintegration rate. The TA108s-5i Indexable film fixture was used during the test and 3 metrics were quantified for disintegration. This method is sensitive enough to evaluate the impact of formulations, and consumer sensitivity.