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US 2014/0005308 A1Published application
Method for producing plasticized starch by using 1,3-propanediol and resulting composition
AssigneeMetabolic Explorer
InventorSophie Macedo Galvaing
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a method for manufacturing a starch-based plasticized composition comprising starch and a plasticizer said plasticizer comprising 1,3-propanediol (PDO). The invention also concerns a plasticized material comprising the plasticized starch composition of the invention and a polymer.
Claims16
1-14. (canceled)
A method for manufacturing a starch-based plasticized composition comprising the following:
- a) mixing a solid composition comprising a starch and a plasticizer composition comprising 1,3-propanediol, and
- b) obtaining a plasticized composition by reacting the mixture of (a).
A method for manufacturing a plasticized material comprising:
- α) mixing the starch-based plasticized composition obtained according to claim and a polymer, and
- β) obtaining a plasticized material by extrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.