Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 ser – Synthetic resins – Mixing of two or more solid polymers; mixing of solid...
Patent
1998-07-20
1999-12-07
Acquah, Samuel A.
Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 ser
Synthetic resins
Mixing of two or more solid polymers; mixing of solid...
525437, 525444, 524 81, 524127, 524284, 528361, 528354, C08G 6308
Patent
active
059985526
ABSTRACT:
A composition comprising a polylactide polymer with improved extensional viscosity and methods of making the same are disclosed. The polylactide polymer composition is prepared by providing in the composition polylactide polymer molecules which have been modified, relative to linear non-substituted polylactide, to provide increased molecular interaction among polylactide backbone chains in the composition. The preferred polylactide polymer composition has a number average molecular weight of at least about 10,000 (preferably at least 50,000) and a polydispersity of at least about 2.5. In addition, the polylactide polymer composition should have a neck-in ratio of less than about 0.8.
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Brosch Andrea Lee
Gruber Patrick Richard
Hartmann Mark Henry
Kolstad Jeffrey John
Witzke David Roy
Acquah Samuel A.
Cargill Incorporated
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