Process for production of poly(lactic acid)-type resin, and poly(lactic acid)-type prepolymer

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PATENT NO 9023953
APP PUB NO 20130197186A1
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13825992

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A method of producing a poly(lactic acid) resin includes carrying out direct polycondensation using lactic acid as a main raw material to prepare a crystallized prepolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 25,000, an enthalpy of fusion ΔHm of 50 to 65 J/g and an acid value A mol/ton satisfying (1) below:

description='In-line Formulae' end='lead'450/(Mw/10,000−0.14)<A<950/(Mw/10,000−0.14)  (1)description='In-line Formulae' end='tail'

(wherein Mw represents weight average molecular weight of the crystallized prepolymer); and subjecting the crystallized prepolymer to solid-phase polymerization.

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NATUREWORKS LLC15305 MINNETONKA BOULEVARD MINNETONKA MN 55345

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Nagano, Tatsuya Tokai, JP 14 240
Ome, Hiroyuki Tokai, JP 13 93
Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Nagoya, JP 297 6739

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