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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1996
Yasutoshi Kakizawa, Chiba, JP;
Toshiki Shikata, Chiba, JP;
Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a biodegradable expanded material having excellent expandability, moldability, impact resistance, heat resistance and storage stability. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of the foregoing expanded material. The present invention further provides a laminate of a non-expanded material layer and an expanded material layer prepared from the foregoing expanded material which exhibits excellent impact resistance and heat resistance and an excellent transparency in the non-expanded material even after heat treatment so that a pattern printed on the inner side of the non-expanded material layer can be clearly viewed from the outside. A novel expanded material is provided made of a hydroxycarboxylic acid based polyester having a weight-average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 400,000 comprising as structural units a structural unit derived from hydroxycarboxylic acid, a structural unit derived from molecular weight increasing agent and/or a structural unit derived from polymerization catalyst deactivator.