Pullulan binder and its uses
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo
InventorsYoshihide Ozaki, Tatsuo Nomura, Toshio Miyake
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Abstract
Disclosed is a novel binder which comprises as a main ingredient pullulan and saccharide(s) wherein the weight ratio of said pullulan to saccharide(s) is in the range of 85:15 to 65:35, based on the weight of the dry solid. The binder has a relatively-low viscosity and exerts a satisfiable properties with only a relatively-small amount without a fear of causing an environmental pollution, and because of these it can be advantageously used as a binder in a variety of fields.
Claims21
A binder which comprises pullulan and saccharide(s) as a main ingredient wherein the weight ratio of said pullulan to saccharide(s) is in the range of 85:15 to 65:35, on a dry solid basis, and the total content of said pullulan and saccharide(s) is at least 90 w/w %, on a dry solid basis.
A product which is formed by incorporating in a material a binder comprising pullulan and saccharide(s) as a main ingredient wherein the weight ratio of said pullulan to saccharide(s) is in the range of 85:15 to 65:35, on a dry solid basis, and the total content of said pullulan and saccharide(s) in said binder is at least 90 w/w %, on a dry solid basis.
A shaped product in the form of a film or fiber consisting essentially of pullulan and saccharide(s) as a main ingredient wherein the weight ratio of said pullulan to saccharide(s) is in the range of 85:15 to 65:35, on a dry solid basis, and the total content of said pullulan and saccharide(s) is at least 90% on a dry solid basis.
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