Description

TerraBio ® Series by Alterra Holdings

Bio-Based and/or Bio-degradable Polymers

TerraBio® family of products are designed to enable biodegradable product options across a wide range of environmental conditions. Products for industrial and municipal composting, home composting, anaerobic digestion as well as soil & marine degradability are available and can be further tailored for each application.

This portfolio is able to support a broad range of end of life strategies and disposal options for single use and durable products within a circular economy framework.

This unique portfolio of TerraBio® compounds has been developed using renewably sourced resin systems such as PLA, PBS, PBSA, and PHA and also traditional compostable resins such as PBAT. In addition, various performance additives are utilized to further tailor and improve the utility range of these compounds.

This unique series of TerraBio® compounds is formulated with Nuvolve™ Enzymatic PolySaccharide additives to enable performance differentiated, high biocontent compounds with accelerated biodegradability.

A broad range of properties from high to low modulus suitable and high temperature performance are possible.

All key thermoplastic conversion processes can be supported with these compounds: injection molding, blown & cast film, cast sheet, thermoforming and foaming.

Key Applications :

Straws
Razor Stick
Toothbrush Handle
Dental Tip
Kitchenware
Paper Coating
Packaging
Technical Information

Technical Information
Specific Gravity g/cm3 Yield Stress MPa (PSI) Elongation % Notched IZOD J/m (ft-lb/in) Renewable Content Dishwasher Safe Microwave Safe High Impact HDT >100 °C Thermoforming Film Molding
Terrabio® 1101M 1.3 45 (6525) 69.4 86.7 (1.57) 98 YES YES YES YES YES
Terrabio® 1102M 1.3 41 (5945) 3.2 27 (0.54) 98 YES YES YES YES
Terrabio® 1301M 1.3 65 (1.20) 99 YES
Terrabio® 1302M 1.3 15 (2175) 65 (1.20) 99 YES YES
Terrabio® 3301M 1.39 15 (2175) 24 16.25 (0.31) 98 YES YES YES YES YES
Terrabio® 4102M 1.3 18 (2610) 67.8 173.3 (3.18) 50 YES YES
Terrabio® 1103T 1.3 38.1 (5524) 3.7 43.3 (0.79) 99 YES YES YES YES
Terrabio® 1201T 1.26 25 (3625) 11 43.3 (0.79) 85 YES YES YES YES
Terrabio® 1202T 1.28 23 (3335) 8.6 48.75 (0.87) 85 YES YES YES
Terrabio® 4101F 1.3 21 (3045) 380.2 612.1(11.29) 37 N/A N/A N/A YES
Terrabio® 4103F 1.3 11 (1595) 261.1 260 (4.82) 45 N/A N/A N/A YES
Descriptions
The above test results are obtained from laboratory injection molded ISO samples and cannot be used directly to determine end-use or design specification. The customer should determine the suitability to his/her application through their internal testing procedure. Datasheet values represent a statistical average or product properties and they may change with incr. data points.