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EP0261430A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Biaxially oriented polyester film

Assignee: Teijin Ltd
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Filing: 1987-08-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-08-26
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Abstract

Abstract A biaxially oriented polyester film formed from an intimate mixture comprising (1) an aromatic polyester, and (2) 0.01 to 4 % by weight, based on the aromatic polyester, of spherical fine particles of silica having (a) an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 4 µm, (b) a particle diameter ratio, defined by the ratio of maximum diameter to minimum diameter, of from 1.0 to 1.2, and (c) a relative standard deviation (a) of particle size, of up to 0.5. A biaxially oriented polyester film formed from an intimate mixture comprising (1) an aromatic polyester, (2) 0.005 to 3 % by weight, based on the aromatic polyester, of spherical fine particles of silica having the same properties as the above-mentioned (a), (b) and (c), and (3) 0.005 to 3 % by weight, based on the aromatic polyester, of inert fine particles having an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 3 µm and not exceeding the average particle diameter of the spherical fine particles of silica. The biaxially oriented films are useful for a magnetic recording medium.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hideo Katoh
  • 👤 Hisashi Hamano
  • 👤 Kinji Hasegawa
  • 👤 Yoshihiro Noumi

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L67/00; C08J; C08J5/00; C08J5/18; C08K; C08K3/00; C08K3/34; C08K3/36; C08J2367/00; C08J2367/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24355; Y10T428/24372; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31786

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 158 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film formed from an intimate mixture comprising (1) an aromatic polyester, and (2) 0.01 to 4 % by weight, based on the aromatic polyester, of spherical fine particles of silica having (a) an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 4 µm, (b) a particle diameter ratio, defined by the ratio of maximum diameter to minimum diameter, of from 1.0 to 1.2, and (c) a relative standard deviation (o) of particle size, defined by the following equation wherein D; is the diameter (µm) of the equivalent circular area of each of the particles, D is an average value (u.m) of the diameter of the equivalent circular area defined by the following equation and n is the number of the particles, with the proviso that the diameter of the equivalent circular area denotes the diameter of each particle calculated when it is assumed that each particle is of a true spherical shape, of up to 0.5.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 158 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film formed from an intimate mixture comprising (1) an aromatic polyester, and (2) 0.01 to 4 % by weight, based on the aromatic polyester, of spherical fine particles of silica having (a) an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 4 µm, (b) a particle diameter ratio, defined by the ratio of maximum diameter to minimum diameter, of from 1.0 to 1.2, and (c) a relative standard deviation (o) of particle size, defined by the following equation wherein D; is the diameter (µm) of the equivalent circular area of each of the particles, D is an average value (u.m) of the diameter of the equivalent circular area defined by the following equation and n is the number of the particles, with the proviso that the diameter of the equivalent circular area denotes the diameter of each particle calculated when it is assumed that each particle is of a true spherical shape, of up to 0.5.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
The film of claim 1 wherein the aromatic polyester is derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid as a main acid component and an aliphatic glycol as a main glycol component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
The film of claim 1 wherein the spherical fine particles of silica have an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 2 u.m.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 22 words
The film of claim 1 wherein the spherical fine particles of silica have a particle diameter ratio of from 1.0 to 1.15.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 25 words
The film of claim 1 wherein the spherical fine particles of silica have a relative standard deviation (a) of particle size of up to 0.3.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
The film of claim 1 wherein the spherical fine particles of silica have a relative standard deviation (a) of particle size of up to 0.12.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 27 words
The film of claim 1 wherein the amount of the spherical fine particles of silica os 0.05 to 2 % by weight based on the aromatic polyester.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 107 words
The film of claim 1 wherein when the surface of the film is observed under an electron microscope, protrusion attributed to the spherical fine particles of silica are seen; when the surface of the film is ion-etched and then observed under an electron microscope, the spherical silica particles are directly seen, and in this observation, the adjoining spherical silica particles are seen to be in direct contact with each other or interrupted by a void space, and that only up to 10 protrusion among 100 arbitrarily selected protrusion on the film surface before ion etching have a group of spherical fine silica particles having the aforesaid relation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 199 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film formed from an intimate mixture comprising (1) an aromatic polyester, (2) 0.005 to 3 % by weight, based on the aromatic polyester, of spherical fine particles of silica having (a) an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 4 u.m, (b) a particle diameter ratio, defined by the ratio of maximum diameter to minimum diameter, of from 1.0 to 1.2, and (c) a relative standard deviation (a) of particle size, defined by the following equation wherein D i is the diameter (um) of the equivalent circulr area of each of the particles, D is an average value (um) of the diameter of the equivalent circular area defined by the following equation and n is the number of the particles, with the proviso that the diameter of the equivalent circular area denotes the diameter of each particle calculated when it is assumed that each particle is of a true spherical shape, of up to 0.5, and (3) 0.005 to 3 % by weight, based on the aromatic polyester, of inert fine particles having an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 3 µm and not exceeding the average particle diameter of the spherical fine particles of silica.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 199 words
A biaxially oriented polyester film formed from an intimate mixture comprising (1) an aromatic polyester, (2) 0.005 to 3 % by weight, based on the aromatic polyester, of spherical fine particles of silica having (a) an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 4 u.m, (b) a particle diameter ratio, defined by the ratio of maximum diameter to minimum diameter, of from 1.0 to 1.2, and (c) a relative standard deviation (a) of particle size, defined by the following equation wherein D i is the diameter (um) of the equivalent circulr area of each of the particles, D is an average value (um) of the diameter of the equivalent circular area defined by the following equation and n is the number of the particles, with the proviso that the diameter of the equivalent circular area denotes the diameter of each particle calculated when it is assumed that each particle is of a true spherical shape, of up to 0.5, and (3) 0.005 to 3 % by weight, based on the aromatic polyester, of inert fine particles having an average particle diameter of 0.01 to 3 µm and not exceeding the average particle diameter of the spherical fine particles of silica.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 14 words
The film of claim 9 wherein the inert fine particles are internally deposited particles.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 14 words
The film of claim 9 wherein the inert fine particles are externally added particles.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 26 words
A magnetic recording medium comprising the biaxially oriented film of claim 1 or 8 and a magnetic layer on one or both surfaces of the film.

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