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Polycarbonate molding compositions with improved resilience properties
Assignee: Bayer AG
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Filing: 1979-02-28
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Granted: 1981-02-24
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Expires: 1999-02-28
Abstract
Abstract Thermoplastic molding compositions are provided comprising from about 80 to 98% by weight of a polycarbonate obtained from diphenols, having a mean weight-average molecular weight Mw from about 10,000 to 200,000 and from about 20 to 2% by weight of a polyester-carbonate and/or polyether-carbonate with mean weight-average molecular weights Mw of from about 50,000 to 300,000, which contain between about 50 and 70% by weight of soft polyester segments or soft polyether segments with mean number-average molecular weights Mn of from about 10,000 to 20,000. The instant invention also relates to a process for the production of said thermoplastic molding compositions. These thermoplastic molding compositions show markedly improved resilience properties compared with known polycarbonates and can be employed as films and shaped articles in all cases where, on the one hand, high notched impact strength at low temperatures, high toughness properties at relatively high wall thicknesses, and transparency are required.
Inventors
- 👤 Siegfried Adelmann
- 👤 Dieter Margotte
- 👤 Werner Nouvertne
- 👤 Manfred Schreckenberg
- 👤 Frank Kleiner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 20:47
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L69/00; C08G; C08G63/00; C08G63/64; C08G64/00; C08G64/18; C08G64/183
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
266 words
A thermoplastic molding composition comprising (a) from about 80 to 98% by weight of a polycarbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (I), obtained from diphenols, with a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 10,000 and 200,000 ##STR4## and (b) from about 20 to 2% by weight relative to the total weight of the mixture, of a polyester-carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (IIa), polyether-carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (IIb) or mixtures thereof with mean weight-average molecular weights M w of between about 50,000 and 300,000 which contain from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyester segments B or soft polyether segments C with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR5## in which, in the formulae (I), (IIa), and (IIb), R denotes a hydrogen, chlorine or bromine atom or a saturated alkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, m is 1 or 2, X denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 8 alkylene, C 2 to C 8 alkylidene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylidene, SO 2 , SO, O, CO or ##STR6## n is 20 to 400, u is 1 to 50, p is 50 to 170, r is 65 to 450 Y denotes a C 2 to C 15 linear or branched alkylene group and M denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 15 alkylene, C 5 to C 12 cycloalkylene, C 6 to C 15 arylene or hetero-arylene group.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
266 words
A thermoplastic molding composition comprising (a) from about 80 to 98% by weight of a polycarbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (I), obtained from diphenols, with a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 10,000 and 200,000 ##STR4## and (b) from about 20 to 2% by weight relative to the total weight of the mixture, of a polyester-carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (IIa), polyether-carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (IIb) or mixtures thereof with mean weight-average molecular weights M w of between about 50,000 and 300,000 which contain from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyester segments B or soft polyether segments C with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR5## in which, in the formulae (I), (IIa), and (IIb), R denotes a hydrogen, chlorine or bromine atom or a saturated alkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, m is 1 or 2, X denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 8 alkylene, C 2 to C 8 alkylidene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylidene, SO 2 , SO, O, CO or ##STR6## n is 20 to 400, u is 1 to 50, p is 50 to 170, r is 65 to 450 Y denotes a C 2 to C 15 linear or branched alkylene group and M denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 15 alkylene, C 5 to C 12 cycloalkylene, C 6 to C 15 arylene or hetero-arylene group.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The thermoplastic molding composition according to claim 1, comprising about 85 to 95% by weight of component (a) and about 15 to 5% by weight of component (b).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The thermoplastic molding composition of either claims 1 or 2, wherein the molecular weight M w of the polycarbonate of formula (I) is between about 20,000 and 80,000.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The thermoplastic molding composition of either claims 1 or 2, wherein the molecular weight M w of the polyester polycarbonate and/or polyether-polycarbonate of formulae (IIa) and (IIb) is between about 70,000 and 150,000 and the molecular weight M n of segments B and C is between about 12,000 and 18,000.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The thermoplastic molding composition of either claims 1 or 2, wherein the soft polyester segments of the polyester-carbonate are obtained from an aliphatic diol with between about 2 and 10 carbon atoms and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid with between about 2 and 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The thermoplastic molding composition of either claims 1 or 2, wherein the soft polyether segments of the polyether-carbonate are obtained from a (polyalkylene oxide)-diol with a molecular weight M n up to about 20,000.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
301 words
Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising (a) from about 80 to 98% by weight of a polycarbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (I), obtained from diphenols, with a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 10,000 and 200,000 ##STR7## and (b) from about 20 to 2% by weight, relative to the total weight of the mixture, of either (i) a polyester-carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula IIa which contains from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyester segments B with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR8## (ii) a polyether carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula IIb which contains from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyether segments C with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR9## (iii) mixtures of (i) and (ii), characterized in that component (b) has a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 50,000 and 300,000 and in the formulae I, IIa and IIb R denotes a hydrogen, chlorine or bromine atom or a saturated alkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, m is 1 or 2, X denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 8 alkylene, C 2 to C 8 alkylidene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylidene, SO 2 , SO, O, CO or ##STR10## n is 20 to 400, u is 1 to 50, p is 50 to 170, r is 65 to 450, Y denotes a C 2 to C 15 linear or branched alkylene group and M denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 15 alkylene, C 5 to C 12 cycloalkylene, C 6 to C 15 arylene or hetero-arylene group.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
301 words
Thermoplastic molding compositions comprising (a) from about 80 to 98% by weight of a polycarbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (I), obtained from diphenols, with a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 10,000 and 200,000 ##STR7## and (b) from about 20 to 2% by weight, relative to the total weight of the mixture, of either (i) a polyester-carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula IIa which contains from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyester segments B with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR8## (ii) a polyether carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula IIb which contains from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyether segments C with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR9## (iii) mixtures of (i) and (ii), characterized in that component (b) has a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 50,000 and 300,000 and in the formulae I, IIa and IIb R denotes a hydrogen, chlorine or bromine atom or a saturated alkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, m is 1 or 2, X denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 8 alkylene, C 2 to C 8 alkylidene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylidene, SO 2 , SO, O, CO or ##STR10## n is 20 to 400, u is 1 to 50, p is 50 to 170, r is 65 to 450, Y denotes a C 2 to C 15 linear or branched alkylene group and M denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 15 alkylene, C 5 to C 12 cycloalkylene, C 6 to C 15 arylene or hetero-arylene group.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
306 words
A process of making a polymer blend comprising mixing (a) from about 80 to 98% by weight of a polycarbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (I), obtained from diphenols, with a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 10,000 and 200,000 ##STR11## and (b) from about 20 to 2% by weight relative to the total weight of the mixture of either (i) a polyester-carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula IIa which contains from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyester segments B with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR12## (ii) a polyether carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula IIb which contains from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyether segments C with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR13## (iii) mixtures of (i) and (ii), characterized in that component (b) has a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 50,000 and 300,000 and in the formulae I, IIa and IIb R denotes a hydrogen, chlorine or bromine atom or a saturated alkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, m is 1 or 2, X denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 8 alkylene, C 2 to C 8 alkylidene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylidene, SO 2 , SO, O, CO or ##STR14## n is 20 to 400, u is 1 to 50, p is 50 to 170 r is 65 to 450, Y denotes a C 2 to C 15 linear or branched alkylene group and N denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 15 alkylene, C 5 to C 12 cycloalkylene, C 6 to C 15 arylene or hetero-arylene group.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
306 words
A process of making a polymer blend comprising mixing (a) from about 80 to 98% by weight of a polycarbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula (I), obtained from diphenols, with a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 10,000 and 200,000 ##STR11## and (b) from about 20 to 2% by weight relative to the total weight of the mixture of either (i) a polyester-carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula IIa which contains from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyester segments B with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR12## (ii) a polyether carbonate having the repeating units given by the general formula IIb which contains from about 50 to 70% by weight of soft polyether segments C with mean number-average molecular weights M n of between about 10,000 and 20,000 ##STR13## (iii) mixtures of (i) and (ii), characterized in that component (b) has a mean weight-average molecular weight M w of between about 50,000 and 300,000 and in the formulae I, IIa and IIb R denotes a hydrogen, chlorine or bromine atom or a saturated alkyl group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms, m is 1 or 2, X denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 8 alkylene, C 2 to C 8 alkylidene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylene, C 5 to C 15 cycloalkylidene, SO 2 , SO, O, CO or ##STR14## n is 20 to 400, u is 1 to 50, p is 50 to 170 r is 65 to 450, Y denotes a C 2 to C 15 linear or branched alkylene group and N denotes a bond or a C 1 to C 15 alkylene, C 5 to C 12 cycloalkylene, C 6 to C 15 arylene or hetero-arylene group.
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