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AssigneeEarth Renewable Technologies
InventorsRichard Peter Scalzo, James Etson Brandenburg, Marvin Lynn Mitchell, Paula Hines Mitchell, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Cynthia Gail Mitchell, Thomas Jason Wolfe, Amber Layne Wolfe
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Thus, the extrudable composition may comprise an extrudable composition having a heat deflection temperature greater than about 50° C. and a melting point between 80° C. to 190° C., the extrudable composition comprises 0 to 100% amorphous polylactic acid, 0 to 100% crystalline polylactic acid, 0.1 to 4% natural oil, 0.01 to 5% nanofibers, 0.05 to 8% cyclodextrin, 0 to 10% crystallinity agent, 0 to 1% starch-based melt rheology modifier, 0 to 1% polysaccharide crystallinity retarder, 0 to 1% natural wax, and 0 to 1% plasticizer.
An extrudable composition having a heat deflection temperature greater than about 50° C. and a melting point between 80° C. to 190° C., the extrudable composition comprises:
A container formed from an extrudable composition devised from renewable resources, the extrudable composition comprising cyclodextrin and PLA coated with a natural oil, fatty acid ester, a wax or waxy ester and/or with an alkyl ester plasticizer.
A bottle cap or lid from an extrudable composition derived from renewable resources, the extrudable composition comprising cyclodextrin, PLA coated with a natural oil, fatty acid ester, a wax or waxy ester and/or an alkyl ester plasticizer, and a polysaccharide crystallinity retarder.
A method of forming molded articles comprising coating PLA with a natural oil, fatty acid, wax or waxy ester, fatty acid ester, mixing the coated PLA with cyclodextrin, drying the mixture to a moisture level of less than 0.2% of water, extruding the dried mixture and molding the extruded composition into an article of manufacture.
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