SHAPED ARTICLES AS OBTAINED FROM A THERMOPLASTIC STARCH MELT

摘要

Shaped articles, as obtained from a thermoplastic melt, which melt comprises a medium and a phase, the medium functioning as a dispersion medium with respect to the phase, the phase likewise functioning as a disperse phase with respect to the medium, the phase being present in the thermoplastic melt at a concentration sufficient to effect an increase in dissolution of said articles by comparison with the rate of dissolution of articles made from a thermoplastic melt absent said phase, said medium consisting of a melt comprising destructurised starch and said phase comprising at least a hydrophilic material.