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. 2022 Apr 19;12(5):442. doi: 10.3390/membranes12050442

Table 3.

Physical and mechanical properties of poultry gelatin-based film.

Gelatin Physical Properties Mechanical Properties References
Thickness (mm) Color Light Transmission (nm) Light Transparency (%) Water Vapor Transmission Rate (g/m s Pa) Thermal Biodegradation Rate (%) Tensile Strength (MPa) Elongation at Break (EAB) (%)
L* a* b* 200–280 350–800 Tm/Tmax (°C)
Poultry composite film Chicken feet gelatin/25% glycerol 0.06 90.77 −1.30 3.01 - 72.48–87.58 1.08 2.04 × 10−11 - - 44.86 15.99 [86]
Chicken feet gelatin/35% glycerol 0.06 91.29 −1.40 3.18 - 66.75–85.62 1.10 2.14 × 10−11 - - 34.20 33.30 [86]
Chicken feet gelatin/sugarcane bagasse 0.07–0.09 - - - - - - - - - - - [86]
Chicken skin gelatin /CMC - - - - 2.07–4.00 0.59–1.08 2.92 - 126.93 - 5.53 310 [66]
Chicken skin/rice flour - - - - 0.06–3.89 15.29–50.96 2.45–3.06 6.83 × 10−10–1.39 × 10−9 1st peak:
49.81–51.48
2nd peak: 124.97–129.25
- 2.08–2.91 58.45–79.31 [8]
Chicken skin/5–20% glycerol - - - - 0.02–4.29 40.50–78.90 0.81–3.97 4.86–6.67 × 10−12 - - 1.75–3.64 106.43–148.33 [64]
Chicken skin/CMC/Centella asiatica - - - - 0.00–0.02 0.03–9.24 0.71–0.86 1.11–1.13 × 10−4 130.11–131.31 - 4.50–5.00 × 10−2 271.17–281.00 [16]
Chicken skin/CMC - - - - 0.00–0.42 4.07–7.43 0.82 1.03 × 10−4 124.38 - 3.00 × 10−2 223.05 [16]
Poultry skin Chicken skin - - - - 2.59–2.93 3.98–11.98 - - 134.22 - 0.98 561 [66]
Chicken skin - - - - 0.16–5.89 41.86–51.97 1.94 5.94 × 10−10 49.51 - 1.54 48.33 [8]
Chicken skin - - - - 0.03–4.48 61.77–80.63 0.77 4.17 × 10−12 - - 33.66 3.87 [64]
Chicken skin - - - - - - - - 76.26 - - - [94]

Tmax: temperature, at which sample lost maximum of its weight; Tm: melting point. The CIELAB, or CIE L* a* b*, color system represents quantitative relationship of colors on three axes: L* value indicates lightness, and a* and b* are chromaticity coordinates.