Showa Denko K.K.

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APPLICATIONS
Mulching film | Compost bag | Shopping Bag

Bionolle Starcla is a bio-based environmentally friendly material which is completely biodegradable. Bionolle Starcla is a hybrid compound of Bionolle, starch and PLA. Bionolle Starcla becomes biodegradable in compost, wet soil, fresh water, seawater and activated sludge where microorganisms are present. It will decompose completely into water and carbon dioxide, and is therefore called Eco friendly material.

STARCLA

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HISTORY
Showa Denko succeeded in the commercial production of Bionolle in 1993; the first commercially produced PBS polyester in the world. Since then, we have been supplying Bionolle to the market and improving its quality. It is applied in a variety of applications to provide solutions to environmental issues. To contribute to the building of a sustainable society, we have developed Bionolle / Starch compound in 2006 and Bionolle / Starch / PLA compound, known as Bionolle Starcla series, in 2011. We are now advancing the development of bio based Bionolle.

Bionolle Starcla can be used for various purposes instead of polyethylene products because the balance of mechanical properties is better than conventional polyethylene products. Bionolle Starcla enables production of an extremely thin film of 8m and has excellent printability. Due to its biodegradable nature, Bionolle Starcla is the ideal resin for use in mulching films and compost bags.

Grades

STARCLA 10S, 25S and 40S

Three different grades of Bionolle Starcla are commercially available. These grades show high biomass contents due to PLA and uniformly dispersed starch. They all have a MFR of less than 3 g/10 min. This makes these grades suitable for extrusion processes, especially for blown film extrusion. Starcla 10S is flexible and shows fast biodegradation and Starcla 40S is rigid and shows slow biodegradation. Starcla 25S shows intermediate properties between these two grades. With specific formulations, rigidity and speed of biodegradation can be easily controlled.
STARCLA 10S MFR (g/10min) Density (g/cm3) Biomass Content Biodegradation Mechanical Property Rigidity Impact Strength Tear Strength Fast Like LLDPE Low High High 1.5 1.32 40% STARCLA 25S 2 1.31 50% Slow Like HDPE High Low Low STARCLA 40S 2.5 1.29 60%

Typical properties; not to be construed as guaranteed values.

Mechanical Properties

CERTIFICATIONS
DIN CERTCO EN 134321 GreenPla

HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT

Film made of Starcla 10S and Starcla 25S shows mechanical properties similar to LLDPE and HDPE, respectively. Film made of Starcla 40S shows higher rigidity than that of HDPE. The mechanical properties of 20m thick film are shown below.
Starcla 10S Tensile Stress at Yield (MPa) ISO 527-3 MD TD Tensile Stress at Break (MPa) Tensile Elongation at Break (%) Youngs Modulus (MPa) Tear Strength (N/mm) Impact Strength (kJ/m) Heat Seal Strength (N) Haze (%) *) 120 C , 0,2 MPa, 1 sec., 15 mm in width
Typical properties; not to be construed as guaranteed values.

LLDPE HDPE 40S 27 24 21 20 40 35 1050 850 12 17 32 8 66 26 12 69 133 120 100 210 250 8,7 96 23 6 20 27 23 103 145 170 210 660 860 2,2 110 25 9 50

25S 20 16 22 18 100 100 690 510 26 35 9 77

ND PaM 13 MPa 22 16 % 170 160 430 MPa 370 130 kJ/m 26 N 10 % 85

7H0068, 7W0178

compostable

ISO 527-3 ISO 527-3 ISO 527-3 ISO 6383-2 ASTM D3420 SDK method* ISO 13468-1
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MD TD MD TD MD TD MD TD

75 N/mm 20

Biodegradability

COMPLETELY AND SMOOTHLY

Bionolle Starcla biodegrades under conditions of EN13432 and it has obtained compostability certifications from DIN CERTCO. This proved compostability and biodegradability of Bionolle Starcla.
70 60 Biodegradation (%) 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 5 10 15 20 Time (Days)
Bionolle 1001 MD Starcla 10S Starcla 25S Starcla 40S

3 cm 30 3 cm

25

FIG 1 ACCELERATED BIODEGRADATION TEST Accelerated biodegradation measured by weight reduction with Starcla 10S, 25S, 40S and Bionolle 1001 MD. Samples (3 cm wide, 9 cm long and 20 m thick) are buried in compost at 40 C; keeping a 3 cm long edge of the sample on the surface of the compost. The container of the compost is kept in an oven and samples are taken out periodically and weighed.

9 cm

40 C Compost

Blown Film Extrusion

RECOMMENDED PROCESSING CONDITIONS

Starcla convinces with its excellent mechanical properties. Without major modifications conventional film extrusion machines for LLDPE may be used to achieve best film results.

High take up tower

Low compression ratio screw

Air ring designed for LLDPE Large air volume Low temperature Temperature < 160 C

Starcla shows excellent processability in blown film extrusion. In our trial, 8 m thick and 1250 mm wide film was successfully produced using Starcla 25S by a commercial machine. The trial was held over the course of three hours during which the bubble did not collapse.

SHOWA DENKO K.K. Bionolle Department 1-13-9 Shiba Daimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8518 Japan TEL: +81-3-5403-5680 FAX: +81-3-5403-5730 URL: www.sdk.co.jp/english SHOWA DENKO EUROPE GmbH Konrad-Zuse-Platz 4 81829 Munich Germany Tel.: +49 89 93 99 62 0 Fax: +49 89 93 99 62 50 URL: www.showa-denko.com SHOWA DENKO AMERICA, INC. 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2850, New York, NY 10170 U.S.A. Tel.: +1 21 23 70 00 33 Fax: +1 21 23 70 45 66 URL: www.showadenko.us SHOWA DENKO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD 4 Shenton Way #16-01 SGX Centre 2 Singapore 068807 Tel.: +65 62 61 95 41 URL: www.sds.com.sg

CAUTION (1) Bionolle Starcla has not been approved for use in medical, cosmetics or food contact applications. Please be sure to contact our sales person in advance in case of using Bionolle for those applications. (2) Rates of biodegradation vary largely by the surrounding environment and Bionolle may undergo hydrolysis by moisture in the air. Consequently, the mechanical properties will be deteriorated. Customers and users are requested to make their own independent determination that the products are suitable for the intended use.

Revised: Feb. 12, 2012 Issued by Showa Denko K.K. Bionolle Department