Polybutylene succinate (PBS) (polytetramethylene succinate) is a thermoplastic polymer resin, a biodegradable aliphatic polyester with properties that are comparable to polypropylene. It consists of polymerized units of butylene succinate, with repeating C8H12O4 units
Type : Polymer, Polyester, Aliphatic polyester
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Other name(s) : Poly(butylene succinate) || PBS || Polybutylene succinate || poly(tetramethylene succinate) || Bionolle (Showa Denko) || GsPLA (Mitsubishi Chemical) || poly(1,4-butylene succinate) || poly-(butylene succinate)
Structures : No structure
Families : Canar_LipB, Cutinase, Polyesterase-lipase-cutinase, Lipase_2, Esterase_phb_PHAZ
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