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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2003
Ikuo Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Hirotaka Iida, Chiba, JP;
Norimasa Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Tsuyoshi Takeuchi, Chiba, JP;
Ikuo Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Hirotaka Iida, Chiba, JP;
Norimasa Nakamura, Chiba, JP;
Tsuyoshi Takeuchi, Chiba, JP;
Nisshinbo Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A biodegradable plastic composition enabling to stably adjust biodegradation rate, improve hydrolysis resistance and heat resistance, and retain transparency, molded articles thereof and a method for controlling biodegradation rate of the biodegradable plastic. In more detail, a biodegradable plastic composition, characterized in that said composition is made by compounding 100 parts by weight of a biodegradable plastic (A), in particular, an aliphatic type polyester with 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a carbodiimide compound (B) and 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of an antioxidant (C), in particular, a hindered phenol type antioxidant with a molecular weight of not less than 400 alone or mixed antioxidants of said hindered phenol type antioxidant and a phosphite type antioxidant, a molded article thereof and a method for controlling biodegradation rate of the biodegradable plastic.