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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1993
Yutaka Tokiwa, Tsukuba, JP;
Akira Iwamoto, Tsukuba, JP;
Masahiro Harada, Hiratsuka, JP;
Shigeki Imagawa, Niigata, JP;
Teizi Urakami, Tokyo, JP;
Director-General of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, both of, JP;
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Ltd., both of, JP;
Abstract
A biodegradable plastic composition for forming biodegradable shaped bodies which includes a poly-.beta.-hydroxybutyrate having a viscosity of n.sub.A at 185.degree. C. and a polycaprolactone having a viscosity of n.sub.B at 185.degree. C., wherein the poly-.beta.-hydroxybutyrate is present in an amount C.sub.A of 10-45 or 55-85% by weight based on the total weight of the poly-.beta.-hydroxybutyrate and the polycaprolactone, and wherein n.sub.A, n.sub.B and C.sub.A satisfy the following condition: