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Polycarbonate moulding compounds

Assignee: Bayer AG
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Filing: 1977-08-23
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Granted: 1979-10-23
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Expires: 1997-08-23
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Abstract

Abstract Thermoplastic moulding compounds of 1. 10-95% BY WEIGHT OF AN AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE IN WHICH AT LEAST 50% OF THE LINEAR CHAINS COMPRISE RECURRENT STRUCTURAL UNITS OF THE FORMULA <IMAGE> (1) in which R represents C1-C3 alkyl and X represents a single bond, -O-, -CO-, -SO2-, C1-C10 alkylene, C1-C10 alkylidene, C5-C15 cycloalkylene, C5-C15 cycloalkylidene or <IMAGE> (2) 2. 5-90% by weight of a thermoplastic resin and/or 3. 5-90% BY WEIGHT OF RUBBER WHICH MAY BE MODIFIED.

Inventors

  • 👤 Volker Serini
  • 👤 Wolfgang Cohen
  • 👤 Hugo Vernaleken
  • 👤 Gunter Perlstocker

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L21/00; C08L57/00; C08L69/00; C08L83/00; C08L83/04; C08G; C08G77/00; C08G77/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim 217 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition which comprises (1) 10 to 95% by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate having a molecular weight of 10,000 to 200,000 in which at least 50% of the recurrent structural units in the linear chains are of the formula ##STR5## in which R is C 1 -C 3 alkyl and X is C 1 -C 10 alkylene, C 1 -C 10 alkylidene, C 5 -C 15 cycloalkylene, C 5 -C 15 cycloalkylidene or ##STR6## (2) 5 to 90% by weight of a member selected from the group consisting of (a) a thermoplastic resin based on (i) styrene, α-methylstyrene, α-chlorostyrene, p-chlorostyrene, 2,4-dichlorostyrene, p-methylstyrene, 3,4-dimethylstyrene, o- and p-divinyl benzene, p-methyl-α-methylstyrene, p-chloro-α-methylstyrene or a mixture thereof or (ii) styrene, α-methylstyrene, α-chlorostyrene, p-chlorostyrene, 2,4-dichlorostyrene, p-methylstyrene, 3,4-dimethylstyrene, o- and p-divinyl benzene, p-methyl-α-methylstyrene, p-chloro-α-methylstyrene or a mixture thereof together with at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of nitriles and esters of acrylic and methacrylic acid; (b) a rubber based on a conjugated diene having 4-8 carbon atoms, a rubber based on said conjugated diene and copolymerized styrene, acrylonitrile or acrylic acid ester, a polyalkenamer rubber or an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, (c) a graft polymer of the monomers of (a) onto the rubbers of (b) and (d) a mixture of at least two of components (a), (b) and (c).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 217 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition which comprises (1) 10 to 95% by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate having a molecular weight of 10,000 to 200,000 in which at least 50% of the recurrent structural units in the linear chains are of the formula ##STR5## in which R is C 1 -C 3 alkyl and X is C 1 -C 10 alkylene, C 1 -C 10 alkylidene, C 5 -C 15 cycloalkylene, C 5 -C 15 cycloalkylidene or ##STR6## (2) 5 to 90% by weight of a member selected from the group consisting of (a) a thermoplastic resin based on (i) styrene, α-methylstyrene, α-chlorostyrene, p-chlorostyrene, 2,4-dichlorostyrene, p-methylstyrene, 3,4-dimethylstyrene, o- and p-divinyl benzene, p-methyl-α-methylstyrene, p-chloro-α-methylstyrene or a mixture thereof or (ii) styrene, α-methylstyrene, α-chlorostyrene, p-chlorostyrene, 2,4-dichlorostyrene, p-methylstyrene, 3,4-dimethylstyrene, o- and p-divinyl benzene, p-methyl-α-methylstyrene, p-chloro-α-methylstyrene or a mixture thereof together with at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of nitriles and esters of acrylic and methacrylic acid; (b) a rubber based on a conjugated diene having 4-8 carbon atoms, a rubber based on said conjugated diene and copolymerized styrene, acrylonitrile or acrylic acid ester, a polyalkenamer rubber or an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, (c) a graft polymer of the monomers of (a) onto the rubbers of (b) and (d) a mixture of at least two of components (a), (b) and (c).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the recurrent structural units are based on bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-methane; 2,2-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane; 2,4-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-methyl-butane; 1,1-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexane or α,α'-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-p-diisopropyl benzene.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 in which said aromatic polycarbonate comprises up to 50% of its structural units based on 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane; 2,2-bis-(3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane; 2,2-bis-(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane or α,α'-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-p-diisopropyl benzene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 43 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the polycarbonate is branched by the incorporation of 0.05 to 2.0 mol % of a polyhydroxyl compound, based on the quantity of bisphenol used, said polyhydroxyl compound containing at least three hydroxyl groups.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 21 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the polycarbonate has a molecular weight of from 20,000 to 60,000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 36 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic resin (a) is a polymer or copolymer of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene, α-methylstyrene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and methylmethacrylate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 38 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic resin (a) is polystyrene or a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile; α-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile; styrene and methylmethacrylate; styrene, acrylonitrile and methylmethacrylate or α-methylstyrene, acrylonitrile and methylmethacrylate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 29 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic resin (a) is polystyrene, a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile or a copolymer of α-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 32 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rubber (b) is polybutadiene or polyisoprene which may contain copolymerized styrene, acrylonitrile or butyl acrylate or ethylene-propylene-diene rubber or polypentenamer rubber.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 26 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rubber (b) is polybutadiene or polyisoprene which may contain copolymerized styrene, acrylonitrile or butyl acrylate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 42 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the graft polymer (c) is a graft of styrene or styrene and acrylonitrile or α-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile on polybutadiene, a graft thereof on styrene-butadiene rubber or a graft thereof on ethylene-propylene-diene rubber.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 63 words
A thermoplastic moulding composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the graft polymer (c) is a graft of styrene or styrene and acrylonitrile or α-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile onto polybutadiene, a graft thereof on styrene-butadiene rubber or a graft thereof on ethylene-propylene-diene rubber and the thermoplastic resin (a) is polystyrene or a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile or a copolymer of α-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile.

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GB910033A Cited
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