Antimicrobial composite material

• Main Authors: Menéndez Medina, José Javier, Moure Arroyo, Alberto, Jimenez Reinosa, Julián, Fernández Lozano, José Francisco
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.09.2024
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRAPPING; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS

The present invention relates to activated and ground sodium hexametaphosphate frit particles and antimicrobial composite material comprising said activated and ground sodium hexametaphosphate frit particles embedded in a thermoplastic polymer such as low density polyethylene (LDPE). The invention also relates to the method for obtaining the composite material of the invention and a thermal activation method for the thermal activation of a sodium hexametaphosphate salt in order to generate the activated and ground sodium hexametaphosphate frit particles. The antimicrobial material of the invention is preferably used in the food industry.