Non-opaque flame retardant polycarbonate composition

Claim 2

A non-opaque flame retardant carbonate polymer composition selected from the group consisting of: a. an aromatic carbonate polymer having in admixture from 0.001 to about 2.0 parts per hundred parts of the carbonate polymer of an additive selected from the group consisting of the metal salts of unsubstituted and substituted monomeric phenol ester sulfonic acid and the metal salt of unsubstituted and substituted polymeric phenol ester sulfonic acid, and mixtures thereof, wherein the metal salts are selected from the group consisting of the alkali metal salts and alkaline earth metal salts and mixtures of these metal salts, and the substituent on the metal salts of the substituted monomeric and polymeric phenol ester sulfonic acid is selected from the group consisting of an electron withdrawing radical, and mixtures of electron withdrawing radicals; b. an aromatic carbonate polymer containing from 0.001 to about 2.0 parts per hundred parts of the carbonate polymer of a metal salt of a sulfonic acid substituted carbonate polymer; and c. mixtures of (a) and (b); said carbonate polymer and additive having a refractive index in the range of 1.54 to 1.65.

Claim 3

A shaped article having a refractive index in the range of 1.54 to 1.65 comprising a carbonate polymer composition selected from the group consisting of: a. an aromatic carbonate polymer having in admixture from 0.001 to about 2.0 parts per hundred parts of the carbonate polymer of an additive selected from the group consisting of the metal salts of unsubstituted and substituted monomeric phenol ester sulfonic acid, and mixtures thereof, wherein the metal salts are selected from the group consisting of the alkali metal salts and alkaline earth metal salts and mixtures of these metal salts, and the substituent on the metal salts of the substituted monomeric and polymeric phenol ester sulfonic acid is selected from the group consisting of an electron withdrawing radical, and mixtures of electron withdrawing radicals; b. an aromatic carbonate polymer having in admixture from 0.001 to about 2.0 parts per hundred parts of the carbonate polymer a metal salt of a sulfonic acid substituted carbonate polymer; and c. mixtures of (a) and (b).

Claim 4

A shaped article having a refractive index in the range of 1.54 to 1.65 comprising a carbonate polymer composition selected from the group consisting of: a. an aromatic carbonate polymer having in admixture from 0.001 to about 2.0 parts per hundred parts of the carbonate polymer of an additive selected from the group consisting of the metal salts of unsubstituted and substituted monomeric phenol ester sulfonic acid, and mixtures thereof, wherein the metal salts are selected from the group consisting of the alkali metal salts and alkaline earth metal salts and mixtures of these metal salts, and the substituent on the metal salts of the substituted monomeric and polymeric phenol ester sulfonic acid is selected from the group consisting of an electron withdrawing radical, and mixtures of electron withdrawing radicals; b. an aromatic carbonate polymer having in admixture from 0.001 to about 2.0 parts per hundred parts of the carbonate polymer a metal salt of a sulfonic acid substituted carbonate polymer; and c. mixtures of (a) and (b).

Claim 5

The shaped article of claim 2 wherein the electron withdrawing radical is selected from the group consisting of halo-, nitro-, trihalomethyl-, and cyano- radicals, and mixtures thereof.

Claim 6

The shaped article of claim 2 wherein the metal salt of the unsubstituted and substituted monomeric phenol ester sulfonic acid has the following formula: R!.sub.z { O.sub.q A!.sub.u X!.sub.y O.sub.r B!.sub.v }.sub.m I. wherein A and B are independently selected from the following formula: R'(SO.sub.3 M).sub.n R".sub.p II. wherein R' is an aromatic radical of 1-4 atomatic nuclei, M is a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal, R' is an electron withdrawing radical, u, q, and r are integers of from 1-4, n and v are integers of from 0-4 and p is an integer of from 0-10; provided that the sum of n when employed in Formula I must be at least 1; and further, wherein in Formula I, R! is an organic radical of 1-20 carbon atoms and is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, aralkenyl, aryl, arylene, alkylene, aralkylene, alkenylene, aralkenylene, alkylidene, aralkylidene, alkenylidene, aralkenylidene, A and B, z is an integer of from 0-3, X! is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR3## y is an integer of from 1-2, m is an integer of from 1-4 and 0 is oxygen.

Claim 7

The shaped article of claim 4 wherein the metal salt is R!.sub.1 (O).sub.1 R'(SO.sub.3 M).sub.n R".sub.p ! X!).sub.2

Claim 8

The shaped article of claim 4 wherein the electron withdrawing radical is chlorine.

Claim 9

The shaped article of claim 2 wherein the metal salt is sodium 2,4,5-trichlorobenzensulfonate!-4'-sulfonate.

Claim 10

The shaped article of claim 2 wherein the metal salt is dipotassium bis(4-sulfophenyl) benzenephosphonate.

Claim 11

The shaped article of claim 2 wherein the metal salt of the unsubstituted and substituted polymeric phenol ester sulfonic acid has the following formula: ( R!.sub.z { A! X!.sub.y B!.sub.1-3 }.sub.a R!.sub.z { A! X!.sub.y B!.sub.1-3 }).sub.b wherein A and B are independently selected from the following formula: (O).sub.q R'(SO.sub.3 M).sub.n R".sub.p wherein R' is an aromatic radical of 1-4 aromatic nuclei, O is oxygen, M is a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal, R" is an electron withdrawing radical, q is an integer of from 1-4, n is an integer of from 0-4 and p is an integer of from 0-10; and wherein in Formula I, R! is an organic radical of 1-20 carbon atoms and is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, aralkenyl, aryl, arylene, alkylene, aralkylene, alkenylene, aralkenylene, aklylidene, aralkylidene, alkenylidene, aralkenylidene, A! and B!, z is an integer of from 0-1, X! is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR4## y is an integer of from 1-2, m is an integer of from 1-4 and a is an integer of from 0-2000 and b is an integer of from 0-2000; provided, however, that the sum of a and b must equal at least 4 and further provided that the sum of n when employed in Formula I must be at least 1.

Claim 12

The shaped article of claim 9 wherein the electron withdrawing radical is selected from the group consisting of halo-, nitro-, trihalomethyl- and cyano- and mixtures thereof.

Claim 13

The shaped article of claim 9 wherein the electron withdrawing radical is chlorine.

Claim 14

The shaped article of claim 9 wherein M is sodium.

Claim 15

The shaped article of claim 9 wherein the metal salt is polysodium (bisphenol-A)-(tetrabromobisphenol-A) copolycarbonate!-polysulfonate.

Claim 16

The shaped article of claim 2 wherein the metal salt of a sulfonic acid substituted sulfonated carbonate polymer is polysodium (bisphenol-A)-tetrabromobisphenol-A) copolycarbonate! polysulfonate having therein 1.1 weight percent of (SO 3 Na) radical and 0.8 weight percent bromine based on the weight of the polymer.

Claim 17

The shaped article of claim 2 wherein the metal salt of a sulfonic acid substituted sulfonated carbonate polymer is polysodium (bisphenol-A-polycarbonate) polysulfonate having therein 1.1 weight percent of (SO 3 Na) radical based on the weight of the polymer.

Claim 18

The shaped article of claim 2 wherein the metal salt of a sulfonic acid substituted sulfonated copolyester carbonate polymer is polysodium (bisphenol-A)(isophthalic acid-terephthalic acid)(copolyestercarbonate) polysulfonate having therein 2.7 weight percent of (SO 3 Na) radical based on the weight of the polymer.

Claim 19

The shaped article of claim 2 in the form of a sheet.

Claim 20

The shaped article of claim 2 in the form of a pellet.