| abstract |
The invention provides a thermally formed articlenhaving biodegradability, recycling ability andnthermoplasticity. The thermally formed articlencomprises a sugar polymer represented by the followingngeneral formulan nwherein G is a residue of a monosaccharide,noligosaccharide or polysaccharide, R is a linear ornbranched alkylene group having at least 4 carbon atomsnwhen G is the residue of the monosaccharide, or anlinear or branched alkylene group having at least 6ncarbon atoms when G is the residue of thenoligosaccharide or polysaccharide, and n is an integernof 1 to 5,000. |