It is an object of the present invention to provide a polylactic acid composition having excellent crystallinity, wet heat stability and melt stability. It is another object of the present invention to provide a molded article which is obtained from the polylactic acid composition and excellent in appearance and color.
The present invention is a composition and molded article thereof which comprises a polylactic acid (component A), a carbodiimide compound (component B) and a phosphoric acid ester metal salt (component C).
A polylactic acid film having excellent transparency and capable of retaining high transparency even when it is exposed to a high temperature.
The polylactic acid film is obtained by melt extruding polylactic acid (A) prepared by melt kneading together polylactic acid (B) which comprises an L-lactic acid unit as the main ingredient and polylactic acid (C) which comprises a D-lactic acid unit as the main ingredient in a specific weight ratio, wherein
the polylactic acid film has (a) a stereocomplex crystal rate (S) defined by the following equation (i) of 90 % or more: S=(ΔHmsc/ΔHmsc+ΔHmhx100
(in the above equation, ΔHmh is the melting enthalpy of a low-melting point crystal melting peak at a temperature lower than 190°C obtained by differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurement and ΔHmsc is the melting enthalpy of a high-melting point crystal melting peak at a temperature of 190°C or higher obtained by DSC measurement),
(b) a haze of 10 % or less, and
(c) a haze change of 5 % or less after it is heated at 140°C for 10 minutes.