TABLE II

Bacterial Growth vs total Number of Test Samples per Film Type and Test Pressure

Pressure070150300
Film TypeEVAPEEVAPEEVAPEEVAPE
Nominal defect size [µm]Bacterial Ingress/Total Samples
10/70/20/10/50/300/30
20/180/180/80/20/20/60/302/30
31/6*0/10/22/48/302/30
40/10/31/5
50/10/340/42/417/3010/30
60/21/3
70/11/11/1
82/32/61/3
90/2
100/300/300/11/311/50/2
121/1
131/1
150/300/301/130/311/23/4
161/1
171/1
200/301/30*0/131/312/31/1
250/300/301/131/311/1
300/300/301/11/12/23/3
351/1
401/300/301/11/12/23/3
501/306/301/14/43/34/4
603/33/32/21/1
703/31/11/1
751/1
8014/3015/302/21/1
903/31/11/1
10014/3022/301/11/11/1
1101/11/1
1201/11/1
1301/1
1501/1
  • EVA, ethylene vinyl acetate; PE, polyethylene.