Water-soluble film, manufacturing method, and package
The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble film with polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer.
1. A water-soluble film comprising polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 100 to 3,000 and a polyhydric alcohol plasticizer in an amount of 1 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl alcohol,
wherein in a case where the water-soluble film is used for a package in which a model detergent is packaged, the model detergent containing 8.6 mass % of monoethanolamine, 23.8 mass % of dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, 9.5 mass % of propylene glycol, 23.8 mass % of a lauryl alcohol ethoxylate-7 ethylene oxide adduct, 19.1 mass % of oleic acid, 9.5 mass % of diethylene glycol, and 5.7 mass % of water, a weight reduction rate of the package when the package is stored at 23° C. and 50% RH is 1.0 to 6.0 g/(m 2 ·day) per surface area of the water-soluble film in contact with the model detergent of the package,
when the water-soluble film is immersed in the model detergent in an environment of 23° C. and 50% RH for 24 hours and then a tensile test is performed at 23° C. and 50% RH, an elastic modulus of the water-soluble film when the water-soluble film is stretched to 100% is 9 to 35 MPa, and
when the water-soluble film is immersed in the model detergent in an environment of 23° C. and 50% RH for 24 hours and then the water-soluble film is immersed in deionized water at 5° C., a complete dissolution time is within 100 seconds.
2. The water-soluble film according to claim 1 , wherein the polyvinyl alcohol is carboxylic acid modified or sulfonic acid modified polyvinyl alcohol, and is polyvinyl alcohol having a saponification degree of 85 mol % or more.
3. The water-soluble film according to claim 1 , wherein the polyvinyl alcohol has a polymerization degree of 500 to 1,500.
4. The water-soluble film according to claim 3 , wherein the polyvinyl alcohol has a saponification degree of 80 mol % to 99.5 mol %.
5. The water-soluble film according to claim 4 , wherein the polyvinyl alcohol has a saponification degree of 85 mol % to 97 mol %.
6. The water-soluble film according to claim 5 , comprising the polyhydric alcohol plasticizer in an amount of 5 to 40 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl alcohol.
7. The water-soluble film according to claim 6 , wherein the polyhydric alcohol plasticizer is selected from ethylene glycol, glycerin, diglycerin, propylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, trimethylolpropane, and sorbitol.
8. The water-soluble film according to claim 6 , wherein the polyhydric alcohol plasticizer is glycerin.
9. The water-soluble film according to claim 6 , wherein the polyvinyl alcohol is unmodified polyvinyl alcohol.
10. The water-soluble film according to claim 6 , wherein the polyvinyl alcohol is sulfonic acid modified polyvinyl alcohol.
11. The water-soluble film according to claim 10 , wherein the sulfonic acid modified polyvinyl alcohol is polyvinyl alcohol modified with 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropyl sulfonic acid.
12. The water-soluble film according to claim 6 , wherein the polyvinyl alcohol is carboxylic acid modified polyvinyl alcohol.
13. The water-soluble film according to claim 12 , wherein the carboxylic acid modified polyvinyl alcohol is polyvinyl alcohol modified with monomethyl maleate.
14. The water-soluble film according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the water-soluble film is 5 to 80 μm.
15. A package comprising the water-soluble film according to claim 1 ,
wherein the package contains a chemical agent.
16. The package according to claim 15 , wherein the chemical agent is an agricultural chemical, a detergent, or a disinfectant.
17. The package according to claim 15 , wherein the chemical agent is a liquid form.
18. The package according to claim 17 , wherein the chemical agent is a detergent.
19. A method for manufacturing the water-soluble film according to claim 1 by casting a film forming stock solution containing polyvinyl alcohol into a film shape onto a support from a die through a die lip and drying the film forming stock solution,
wherein a draft ratio obtained by dividing a linear velocity of the support on which the film forming stock solution is cast by a linear velocity of the film forming stock solution at the die lip is 2 to 60, and
a draw ratio obtained by dividing a winding speed of the film after drying by the linear velocity of the support is 0.95 to 1.8.
20. The method for manufacturing the water-soluble film according to claim 19 , wherein the method includes a step of heat-treating the water-soluble film at 80 to 300° C.