OTR / WVTR Technique

Permeation testing and the barriers – what can be measured…and why?

There are different ways to work with permeation rate calculations, depending on what you are testing for and the type of testing you need to carry out.

If you want to find out how much oxygen will permeate through your package, or if you need to analyze the throughput of water vapor through packaging films and barriers, there is a permeation test instrument to match. So, what are the popular types of permeation test instruments? Well, our customers typically call on us to help them with different types of tests: oxygen permeation testing and water vapor permeation testing. And now we’ll take a little time to explore both.

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