Vinyl halide resin stabilizers comprising hydrolyzed mixtures of metal phenates, metal salts of monocarboxylic acids and organic phosphites

Claim 1

IN THE PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF STABILIZERS FOR VINYL HALIDE RESINS WHICH COMPRISES FORMING A MIXTURE COMPRISING (A) AN ALKALINE EARTH METAL SALT OF A SUBSTITUTED PHENOL, SAID SUBSTITUTED PHENOL HAVING AS SUBSTITUENT AT LEASST ONE ALKYL GROUP CONTAINING FROM 4 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS; (B) A SALT OF A POLYVALENT METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CADMIUM, ZINC, TIN, ZIRCOONIUM, CALCIUM, AND MIXTURES THEREOF, AND A MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKANOIC ACIDS CONTAINING FROM 2 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS, BENZOIC ACID, ALKYLBENZOIC ACIDS, CHLOROBENZOIC ACIDS, ALKOXYLBENZOIC ACIDS, HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS, AND MIXTURES THEREOF; (C) AN ORGANIC PHOSPHITE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TRIALKYL PHOSPHITES, TRIARYL PHOSPHITES, DIALKYL MONORAYL PHOSPHITES, AND MONOALKYL DIARYL PHOSPHITES; AND (D) A HYDROCARBON SOLVENT, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES ADDING TO SAID MIXTURE AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 110*F. TO 190*F. APPROXIMATELY 0.1% TO 5.0%, BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF SAID METAL SALTS AND ORGANIC PHOSPHITE, OF WATER.