High modulus polyester and polycarbonate compositions

Claim 1

A THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING FROM ABOUT 98% TO ABOUT 50% BY WEIGHT OF A THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYESTERS RESULTING FROM THE CONDENSATION OF AN ALICYCLIC SECONDARY DIOL OF FROM 4 TO 14 CARBON ATOMS AND A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AROMATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS, ALICYCLIC DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS, CARBONIC ACID, AND THE ESTERIFIABLE DERIVATIVES OF SAID ACIDS; AND FROM ABOUT 2% TO ABOUT 50% BY WEIGHT OF AN ANTIPLASTICIZER COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYSTYRENE THIOGLYCOLS HAVING NOLECULAR WEIGHTS FROM 440 TO 3400, CHLORINATED AROMATIC POLYNUCLEAR HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING FROM 30% TO 75% NUCLEAR CHLORINE, ABIETYL ALCOHOL, HYDROGENATED ABIETYL ALCOHOL, MONO AND DIESTERS FROM CONDENSATION OF UNSATURATED AND HYDROGENATED ABIETYL ALCOHOLS WITH MONOCARBOXYLIC AND DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS HAVING UP TO 19 CARBON ATOMS, SAID ANTIPLASTICIZER BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY (1) CONTAINING AT LEAST 2 NONBRIDGED RINGS CONTAINING FROM 4 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS WHEREIN SAID RINGS ARE EITHER CARBOCYCLIC OF HETEROCYCLIC RINGS, (2) CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE ATOM SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, AND SULFUR, (3) HAVING IN AT LEAST 65% OF THE LENGTH OF ITS MOLECULE ONE CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION LESS THAN ABOUT 5.5 ANGSTROM UNITS, AND (4) HAVING A GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE OF GREATER THAN -50*C.