PLASTIC FROM TOBACCO BIOMASS
First Claim
1. A tobacco composition for use in, on or around a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco composition, comprising a tobacco material and a bioplastic component derived from biomass of the Nicotiana species.
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Abstract
A tobacco bioplastic composition for use in, on or around a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco composition is provided, the tobacco bioplastic composition being derived from the Nicotiana species. The tobacco bioplastic composition can be derived from Nicotiana species biomass or from reconstituted tobacco. In certain embodiments, the tobacco bioplastic composition is derived by one or more chemical transformation steps, the one or more chemical transformation steps including acid chlorite treatment and optionally including alkali treatment. The invention also provides articles and compositions including smoking articles and smokeless tobacco compositions that include a tobacco bioplastic composition, and methods for preparing a tobacco bioplastic composition from Nicotiana species biomass or from reconstituted tobacco.
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- 1. A tobacco composition for use in, on or around a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco composition, comprising a tobacco material and a bioplastic component derived from biomass of the Nicotiana species.
- 4. A process for making a tobacco bioplastic comprising contacting at least a portion of one or more plants from the Nicotiana species with an acid chlorite solution in excess solvent for at least a period of time to form an initial acid-chlorite-treated slurry, charging the initial acid-chlorite treated slurry with an acid or a chlorite salt or both an acid and a chlorite salt to form a subsequent acid-chlorite-treated slurry, and removing excess solvent from the subsequent acid-chlorite-treated slurry, thereby forming the tobacco bioplastic.
- 7. An article of manufacture comprising a microfibrillar bioplastic derived from one or more plants or portions of plants from the Nicotiana species by acid chlorite treatment of the one or more plants or portions of plants.
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