TUBULAR CASING OF CELLULOSE HYDRATE COMPRISING, ON THE OUTSIDE, A DURABLE IMPENETRABLE COATING OF A SYNTHETIC COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND ITS USE

摘要

Disclosed is a packaging material comprising a base layer of cellulose hydrate having on one surface a film coating which is impervious to water vapor, water and oxygen and which comprises a vinylidene chloride copolymer containing from about 90 to 92 percent by weight of vinylidene chloride, from about 5.5 to 7 percent by weight of acrylonitrile, from about 1.5 to 3.5 percent by weight of methyl methacrylate and from about 0.5 to 1.5 percent by weight of itaconic acid, said copolymer having a relative viscosity of about 1.04 measured at 23 DEG C. in a 0.1 percent strength by weight solution in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and toluene in the ratio of 70:30, and a relative viscosity of 2.8 measured at 23 DEG C. in a 3 percent by weight solution in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and toluene in the ratio of 70:30, and said film coating having a thickness corresponding to a weight per unit area in the range between about 3 and 10 g/m2. Also disclosed are a sausage casing of such material and a method for producing same.