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Polycarbonate/block copolymer blend
Assignee: Shell USA Inc
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Filing: 1977-05-05
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Granted: 1978-05-09
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Expires: 1997-05-05
Abstract
Abstract Polymeric blends having an unobviously high structural integrity and an improved balance of properties are prepared by intimately mixing certain selectively hydrogenated block copolymers with polycarbonates thereby forming at least partial continuous networks which interlock.
Inventors
- 👤 William P. Gergen
- 👤 Sol Davison
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 09:21
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L75/00; C08L75/04; C08L101/00; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08L23/18; C08L23/20; C08L27/00; C08L33/00; C08L33/18; C08L53/00; C08L53/02; C08L53/025; C08L67/00; C08L67/02; C08L67/04; C08L69/00; C08L71/00; C08L71/08; C08L71/10; C08L71/12; C08L71/123; C08L77/00; B; B29; B29C; B29C64/00; B29C64/10; B29C64/106; C08L2205/00; C08L2205/04; C08L59/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A composition comprising the admixture obtained by intimately mixing about 4 to about 96 parts by weight of a block copolymer and about 96 to about 4 parts by weight of an engineering thermoplastic resin so as to form at least partial continuous interlocking networks wherein: a. said block copolymer comprises at least two monoalkenyl arene polymer end blocks A and at least one substantially completely hydrogenated conjugated diene mid block B, said block copolymer having an 8 to 55 percent by weight monoalkenyl arene polymer block content, each polymer block A having an average molecular weight of between about 5,000 and about 125,000, and each polymer block B having an average molecular weight of between about 10,000 and about 300,000; and b. said engineering thermoplastic resin is a polycarbonate resin having a melting point over about 120° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A composition comprising the admixture obtained by intimately mixing about 4 to about 96 parts by weight of a block copolymer and about 96 to about 4 parts by weight of an engineering thermoplastic resin so as to form at least partial continuous interlocking networks wherein: a. said block copolymer comprises at least two monoalkenyl arene polymer end blocks A and at least one substantially completely hydrogenated conjugated diene mid block B, said block copolymer having an 8 to 55 percent by weight monoalkenyl arene polymer block content, each polymer block A having an average molecular weight of between about 5,000 and about 125,000, and each polymer block B having an average molecular weight of between about 10,000 and about 300,000; and b. said engineering thermoplastic resin is a polycarbonate resin having a melting point over about 120° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein said block copolymer monoalkenylarene is styrene and said block copolymer conjugated diene is selected from isoprene and butadiene.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein said block copolymer has an ABA linear structure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein said block copolymer has a branched structure.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A composition according to claim 3 wherein said block copolymer is a selectively hydrogenated block copolymer of styrene and butadiene, said butadiene having a 1,2 content of between about 35% and 55%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein said polycarbonate resin has the general formula ##STR4## where Ar is selected from the group consisting of phenylene and alkyl, alkoxyl, halogen and nitro-substituted phenylene; A is selected from the group consisting of carbon-to-carbon bonds, alkylidene, cycloalkylidene, alkylene, cycloalkylene, azo, imino, sulfur, oxygen, and sulfoxide, and n is at least 2.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A composition according to claim 6 where Ar is p-phenylene and A is isopropylidine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A composition according to claim 7 wherein said polycarbonate resin has a melting point over about 230° C.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein said engineering thermoplastic resin and said block copolymer are melt blended under essentially isoviscous blending conditions.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
A composition according to claim 9 wherein the viscosity ratio of the viscosity of the block copolymer divided by the viscosity of the engineering thermoplastic resin is between about 0.2 and about 4.0 at the processing temperature Tp.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A composition according to claim 10 wherein said viscosity ratio is between about 0.8 and about 1.2.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composition according to claim 10 wherein said processing temperature Tp is between about 150° C and about 400° C.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
39 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the amount of block copolymers is between about 7 and about 93 parts by weight and the amount of engineering thermoplastic resin is between about 93 and about 7 parts by weight.
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