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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2009
Taiki Yoshino, Wakayama, JP;
Akira Takenaka, Wakayama, JP;
Keiko Fukaya, Wakayama, JP;
KAO Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A biodegradable resin composition containing a biodegradable resin and a cellulose having a crystallinity of X (%), wherein the cellulose is obtained by a step including subjecting a cellulose-containing raw material to a pulverization treatment (A), wherein the cellulose-containing raw material contains a cellulose having a crystallinity of Y (%), and has a bulk density of from 100 to 500 kg/m, and an average particle size of from 0.01 to 1.0 mm, and contains a cellulose in an amount of 20% by weight or more of a residue component obtained by removing water from the raw material, wherein X and Y satisfy the following formulas: 50≦X≦Y−5 (1) and 55≦Y≦99 (2). The biodegradable resin composition can be suitably used for various industrial applications, such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, and automobile parts.