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US 8,476,378 B2Granted
Biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyesters
AssigneeNovamont S.p.A.
InventorsCatia Bastioli, Tiziana Milizia, Giovanni Floridi, Andrea Scaffidi Lallaro, Giandomenico Cella, Maurizio Tosin
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Abstract
Biodegradable aliphatic/aromatic copolyester comprising 50 to 60 mol % of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 40 to 50 mol % of an aliphatic acid, at least 90% of which is a long-chain dicarboxylic acid (LCDA) of natural origin selected from azelaic acid, sebacic acid, brassylic acid or mixtures thereof; and a diol component.
Claims20
Polymeric composition comprising
- A) a biodegradable aliphatic/aromatic copolyester (AAPE) comprising:
- a) an acid component comprising repeating units of:
- 50 to 60% of an aromatic polyfunctional acid;
- 40 to 50% of an aliphatic acid, at least 90% of which is a long-chain dicarboxylic acid (LCDA) of natural origin selected from azelaic acid, sebacic acid, brassylic acid or mixtures thereof;
- b) at least one diol component;
- said aliphatic long-chain dicarboxylic acid (LCDA) and said diol component (b) having a number of carbon atoms according to the following formula:
- (CLCDA*YLCDA)/2+CB·YB>7.5
- where:
- CLCDA is the number of carbon atoms of the LCDA and can be 9, 10 or 13;
- YLCDA is the molar fraction of each LCDA on the total number of moles of LCDA;
- Cb is the number of carbon atoms of each diol component;
- Yb is the molar fraction of each diol on the total number of moles of the diol component (b)
- said AAPE having:
- a biodegradability after 90 days higher than 70%, with respect to pure cellulose according to the Standard ISO 14855 Amendment 1;
- a density of equal to or less than 1.2 glee;
- a number average molecular weight Mn of 40,000-140,000;
- an inherent viscosity of 0.8-1.5;
- and
- B) at least one other polymer selected from other polyesters of the aliphatic/aromatic type or biodegradable polymers of natural origin or of synthetic origin.
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