A dual ovenable film having a first layer comprising one or more polyamides and
a second layer comprising one or more polyamides. The first layer forms the first
outer surface of the film. The second layer has a melting point of at least about
210 C. The film is capable of forming a water-containing package by providing
two 4 inch by 6 inch sheets of the film each having four perimeter sides, placing
the sheets in superimposed, coextensive arrangement having the first layers of
the films in contact with each other, and heat sealing three perimeter sides of
the sheets together using a -inch wide sealing bar at a temperature of
290 F., a dwell time of 0.5 seconds, and a sealing pressure of 40 psig to
form an open pouch having heat seals along three of the four perimeter sides. The
open pouch can be filled with 100 milliliters of distilled water at a temperature
of 73 F. and the fourth perimeter side of the sheet can be heat sealed together
under the same conditions as used to seal the three perimeter sides to form a closed
package having a heat seal along the fourth perimeter side and containing the water.
The seal strength of the resulting heat seals is at least 1 pound/inch after the
closed, water-containing package has been exposed to three hours in a conventional
oven at 400 F. (air temperature). The film may be used to form heat sealed
pouches at "polyolefin-type" of heat seal conditions, yet the integrity of the
heat seals may be maintained even when the heat seal is exposed to conventional
oven conditions.