Cellulose derivative plastic composition

Claim 1

A THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF GRANULES OF A CATALYZED MOLDING MATERIAL AND OF AN INHIBITED MOLDING MATERIAL, THE GRANULES OF BOTH MATERIALS HAVING AN AVERAGE GRANULE SIZE LESS ABOUT 3/16 INCH, SAID INHIBITED MATERIAL COMPRISING FROM ABOUT 20% TO ABOUT 90% OF THE WEIGHT OF THE THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION, THE CATALYZED MATERIAL AND THE INHIBITED MATERIAL EACH COMPRISING A THERMOPLASTIC CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CELLULOSE ESTERS AND CELLULOSE ETHERS AND A PLASTICIZER THEREFOR, SAID PLASTICIZER IN EACH OF SAID CATALYZED MATERIAL AND SAID INHIBITED MATERIAL COMPRISING AT LEAST 50% BY WEIGHT OF A COMPOUND COMPATIBLE WITH SAID CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE AND CAPABLE OF POLYMERIZATION PER SE TO A NONTHERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID COMPOUND BEING AN ORGANIC ESTER HAVING AT LEAST ONE ESTER LINKAGE, SAID ESTER CONTAINING THE POLYMERIZABLE GROUP >C=CH2 AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER POLYMERIZABLE GROUP CONTAINING AN OLEFINIC DOUBLE BOND SEPARATED THEREFROM BY AT LEAST ONE INTERVENING ESTER LINKAGE SO THAT THE DOUBLE BONDS DO NOT FORM A CONJUGATED SYSTEM, SAID CATALYZED MATERIAL ESSENTIALLY CONTAINING ABOUT 0.01% TO ABOUT 2% OF AN ORGANIC PEROXIDE CATALYST BASED ON THE NONVOLATILE INGREDIENTS IN SAID CATALYZED MATERIAL, SAID INHIBITED MATERIAL ESSENTIALLY CONTAINING ABOUT 0.01% TO ABOUT 5% OF AN INHIBITOR OF THE GROUP OF PHENOLS, AROMATIC PRIMARY AMINES, AROMATIC SECONDARY AMINES, AND AMINO-SUBSTITUTED PHENOLS BASED ON THE NONVOLATILE INGREDIENTS IN SAID INHIBITED MATERIAL.