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Cellulose ester composition

US6139785A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1999
Grant dateOct 31, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08J2301/10
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a cellulose ester composition, containing 1 to 99% by weight of cellulose triacetate prepared by substituting hydroxyl groups of cellulose with acetyl and having a degree of substitution with acetyl, DSace, which satisfies the relationship: 2.7.ltoreq.DSace.ltoreq.3.0, and 99 to 1% by weight of a mixed fatty acid ester of cellulose prepared by substituting hydroxyl groups of cellulose with acetyl and acyl groups having three or more carbon atoms and having degrees of substitution with acetyl and acyl groups having three or more carbon atoms, DSace and DSacyl, respectively, which satisfy the relationships: (I) 2.20.ltoreq.DSace.ltoreq.2.95, (II) 0.05.ltoreq.DSacyl.ltoreq.0.80 and (III) 2.60.ltoreq.DSace+DSacyl.ltoreq.3.00.

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