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Process for chlorination of poly(vinyl chloride) with liquid chlorine, and chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) composition
Assignee: Goodrich Corp
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Filing: 1980-08-14
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Granted: 1983-03-22
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Expires: 2000-08-14
Abstract
Abstract A process is disclosed for the preparation of chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride), (hereinafter "CPVC" for brevity), in the form of free-flowing macrogranules which are derived from solid free-flowing macrogranules of poly(vinyl chloride), (hereinafter "PVC" for brevity), by causing from about 0.6 to about 3.0 parts by weight (wt) of liquid chlorine which are absorbed perunit wt of solid PVC macrogranules to react with the PVC, without shedding reacted material from the macrogranules. The macrogranules of PVC containing absorbed liquid chlorine held therewithin, are maintained in a wetted but free-flowing, apparently dry reaction mass (due to which the process is referred to as "the relatively dry chlorination" or "the low liquid chlorine" process), in a reaction zone maintained at a temperature in the range from about -50° C. to about 50° C., and a pressure sufficient to maintain the chlorine in its liquid state. The reaction is carried out in the presence of actinic radiation, but without swelling agents and the like. The process may be operated as a batch process, or a continuous process. The CPVC formed by the process of this invention has improved processing and working characteristics. This CPVC is distinguishable from prior art CPVC compositions by its spectral fingerprint, and by the presence of 5-15 percent by weight (% by wt) of the CPVC as glassy macrogranules. In another embodiment of the invention, a process is disclosed for simultaneously chlorinating (hence "co-chlorinating") a free-flowing mixture of solid PVC macrogranules and solid polyethylene ("PE") particles, without shedding reacted material from the macrogranules, to yield a mixed reaction product of separate macrogranules of CPVC and particles of chlorinated polyolefin, which mixture, in a preselected ratio of its components, may be directly used in an injection molding machine. The reaction product formed by the co-chlorination process is visually distinguishable by the characteristic coating of individual CPVC macrogranules with particles of chlorinated polyethylene ("CPE" for brevity).
Inventors
- 👤 Richard G. Parker
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2026-10-26 09:37
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J19/00; B01J19/18; B01J19/20; B01J19/0006; B01J19/0013; B01J19/08; B01J19/12; B01J19/122; B01J19/123; B01J8/00; B01J8/08; B01J8/18; B01J8/24; B01J8/38; B01J8/382; C; C08; C08F; C08F8/00; C08F8/18; C08F8/20; C08F8/22; B01J2219/00; B01J2219/00049; B01J2219/00051; B01J2219/00074; B01J2219/00087; B01J2219/00094; B01J2219/18; B01J2219/182; B01J2219/185
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
A process for chlorinating a mass of freely flowable solid, discrete, poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules, comprising, contacting said mass with from about 0.1 part to about 3 parts by weight of liquid chlorine per part by weight of said mass, at a temperature in the range from about -50° C. to about 50° C.; absorbing said liquid chlorine in said poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules to produce liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules; agitating said liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules to maintain a reaction zone in which said mass is a free-flowing mass; irradiating said free-flowing mass of liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules with actinic radiation for a period of time sufficient for a reaction of said liquid chlorine in a solid medium, which reaction chemically bonds at least 59% by weight of chlorine with said poly(vinyl chloride) which is thus converted to chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride); removing hydrogen chloride from said reaction zone; and, recovering a free-flowing mass of macrogranules of said chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
A process for chlorinating a mass of freely flowable solid, discrete, poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules, comprising, contacting said mass with from about 0.1 part to about 3 parts by weight of liquid chlorine per part by weight of said mass, at a temperature in the range from about -50° C. to about 50° C.; absorbing said liquid chlorine in said poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules to produce liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules; agitating said liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules to maintain a reaction zone in which said mass is a free-flowing mass; irradiating said free-flowing mass of liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules with actinic radiation for a period of time sufficient for a reaction of said liquid chlorine in a solid medium, which reaction chemically bonds at least 59% by weight of chlorine with said poly(vinyl chloride) which is thus converted to chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride); removing hydrogen chloride from said reaction zone; and, recovering a free-flowing mass of macrogranules of said chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said macrogranular particles of said poly(vinyl chloride) polymer have an average diameter in the range from about 10 microns to about 500 microns, and a porosity in the range from about 0.2 to about 0.3.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process of claim 2 wherein said macrogranular particles of said poly(vinyl chloride) individually consist essentially of a mass of primary particles of said polymer having an average diameter in the range from about 0.05 microns to about 5.0 microns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said microgranules of chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) have substantially the same size and shape, but lower surface area than said macrogranules of poly(vinyl chloride) from which the former were derived.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 4 wherein agitating said mass includes introducing an inert gas into said reaction zone.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 4 wherein agitating said mass includes mechanically agitating it in said reaction zone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 4 including removing gaseous chlorine from said reaction zone, condensing said gaseous chlorine, and returning liquid chlorine to said reaction zone.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said process is continuous.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
201 words
A process for chlorinating a mass of freely flowable solid, discrete, poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules intermingled with solid, discrete particles of polyethylene comprising, contacting said mass with from about 1 part to about 3 parts by weight of liquid chlorine per part by weight of said mass, at a temperature in the range from about -50° C. to about 50° C.; absorbing said liquid chlorine in said poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules to produce liquid chlorine-containing PVC macrogranules, and adsorbing said liquid chlorine on said polyethylene to produce liquid chlorine-coated PE particles; agitating said liquid chlorine-containing PVC macrogranules and said liquid chlorine-coated PE particles to maintain a reaction zone in which said mass is a free-flowing mass; irradiating said free-flowing mass with actinic radiation for a period of time sufficient to react a predetermined amount of chlorine (a) with said poly(vinyl chloride) which is thus converted to chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) by reaction of said liquid chlorine in a solid medium, and (b) with said polyethylene which is thus converted to chlorinated polyethylene; removing hydrogen chloride from said reaction zone; and, recovering a free-flowing mass of macrogranules of said chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) to which a cluster of discrete particles of said chlorinated polyethylene are bonded.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
201 words
A process for chlorinating a mass of freely flowable solid, discrete, poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules intermingled with solid, discrete particles of polyethylene comprising, contacting said mass with from about 1 part to about 3 parts by weight of liquid chlorine per part by weight of said mass, at a temperature in the range from about -50° C. to about 50° C.; absorbing said liquid chlorine in said poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules to produce liquid chlorine-containing PVC macrogranules, and adsorbing said liquid chlorine on said polyethylene to produce liquid chlorine-coated PE particles; agitating said liquid chlorine-containing PVC macrogranules and said liquid chlorine-coated PE particles to maintain a reaction zone in which said mass is a free-flowing mass; irradiating said free-flowing mass with actinic radiation for a period of time sufficient to react a predetermined amount of chlorine (a) with said poly(vinyl chloride) which is thus converted to chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) by reaction of said liquid chlorine in a solid medium, and (b) with said polyethylene which is thus converted to chlorinated polyethylene; removing hydrogen chloride from said reaction zone; and, recovering a free-flowing mass of macrogranules of said chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) to which a cluster of discrete particles of said chlorinated polyethylene are bonded.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process of claim 9 wherein said macrogranular particles of said poly(vinyl chloride) polymer have an average diameter in the range from about 10 microns to about 500 microns, and a porosity in the range from about 0.2 to about 0.3.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
60 words
The process of claim 10 wherein said macrogranular particles of said poly(vinyl chloride) individually consist essentially of a mass of primary particles of said polymer having an average diameter in the range from about 1 micron to about 10 microns; and said chlorinated polyethylene particles have an average diameter in the range from about 10 microns to about 100 microns.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
55 words
The process of claim 11 wherein said macrogranules of chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) have substantially the same size and shape, but lower surface area than said macrogranules of poly(vinyl chloride) from which the former were derived; and said chlorinated polyethylene particles have essentially the same size as the particles of polyethylene from which they were derived.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
57 words
The process of claim 12 wherein said free-flowing mass consists essentially of from about 5 to about 20 parts by weight of polyethylene per 100 parts of poly(vinyl chloride), and said polyethylene has a density in the range from about 0.92 to about 0.96, and a melt index in the range from about 0.3 to about 21.0.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 12 wherein agitating said mass includes introducing an inert gas into said reaction zone.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 13 wherein agitating said mass includes mechanically agitating it in said reaction zone.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 13 including removing gaseous chlorine from said reaction zone, condensing said gaseous chlorine, and returning liquid chlorine to said reaction zone.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
10 words
The process of claim 9 wherein said process is continuous.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
204 words
A chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) composition comprising a product obtained by chlorinating a mass of freely flowable solid, discrete, poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules, comprising, contacting said mass with from about 0.1 part to about 3 parts by weight of liquid chlorine per part by weight of said mass, at a temperature in the range from about -50° C. to about 50° C.; absorbing said liquid chlorine in said poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules to produce liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules; agitating said liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules to maintain a reaction zone in which said mass is a free-flowing mass; irradiating said free-flowing mass of liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules with actinic radiation for a period of time sufficient for a reaction of said liquid chlorine in a solid medium, which reaction chemically bonds at least 59% by weight of chlorine with said poly(vinyl chloride) which is thus converted to chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride); removing hydrogen chloride from said reaction zone; and, recovering a free-flowing mass of macrogranules of said chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) in the form of macrogranules having a size range from about 50 to about 500 microns, and from about 5 to about 15% by weight of said macrogranules, when magnified, have the appearance of being translucent, the remaining being milky and opaque.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
204 words
A chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) composition comprising a product obtained by chlorinating a mass of freely flowable solid, discrete, poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules, comprising, contacting said mass with from about 0.1 part to about 3 parts by weight of liquid chlorine per part by weight of said mass, at a temperature in the range from about -50° C. to about 50° C.; absorbing said liquid chlorine in said poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules to produce liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules; agitating said liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules to maintain a reaction zone in which said mass is a free-flowing mass; irradiating said free-flowing mass of liquid chlorine-containing macrogranules with actinic radiation for a period of time sufficient for a reaction of said liquid chlorine in a solid medium, which reaction chemically bonds at least 59% by weight of chlorine with said poly(vinyl chloride) which is thus converted to chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride); removing hydrogen chloride from said reaction zone; and, recovering a free-flowing mass of macrogranules of said chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) in the form of macrogranules having a size range from about 50 to about 500 microns, and from about 5 to about 15% by weight of said macrogranules, when magnified, have the appearance of being translucent, the remaining being milky and opaque.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
267 words
A chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) and chlorinated polyethylene composition comprising a product obtained by chlorinating a mass of freely flowable solid, discrete, poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules intermingled with solid, discrete particles of polyethylene comprising, contacting said mass with from about 1 part to about 3 parts by weight of liquid chlorine per part by weight of said mass, at a temperature in the range from about -50° C. to about 50° C.; absorbing said liquid chlorine in said poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules to produce liquid chlorine-containing PVC macrogranules, and adsorbing said liquid chlorine on said polyethylene to produce liquid chlorine-coated PE particles; agitating said liquid chlorine-containing PVC macrogranules and said liquid chlorine-coated PE particles to maintain a reaction zone in which said mass is a free-flowing mass; irradiating said free-flowing mass with actinic radiation for a period of time sufficient to react a predetermined amount of chlorine with (a) with said poly(vinyl chloride) which is thus converted to chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) by reaction of said liquid chlorine in a solid medium, and (b) with said polyethylene which is thus converted to chlorinated polyethylene; removing hydrogen chloride from said reaction zone; and, recovering a free-flowing mass of macrogranules of said chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride), and particles of chlorinated polyethylene, said macrogranules being in the form of macrogranules having a size range from about 50 to about 500 microns, and from about 5 to about 15% by weight of said macrogranules, when magnified, have the appearance of being translucent, the remaining being milky and opaque, and the majority of said macrogranules having a cluster of discrete particles of said chlorinated polyethylene bonded thereto.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
267 words
A chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) and chlorinated polyethylene composition comprising a product obtained by chlorinating a mass of freely flowable solid, discrete, poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules intermingled with solid, discrete particles of polyethylene comprising, contacting said mass with from about 1 part to about 3 parts by weight of liquid chlorine per part by weight of said mass, at a temperature in the range from about -50° C. to about 50° C.; absorbing said liquid chlorine in said poly(vinyl chloride) macrogranules to produce liquid chlorine-containing PVC macrogranules, and adsorbing said liquid chlorine on said polyethylene to produce liquid chlorine-coated PE particles; agitating said liquid chlorine-containing PVC macrogranules and said liquid chlorine-coated PE particles to maintain a reaction zone in which said mass is a free-flowing mass; irradiating said free-flowing mass with actinic radiation for a period of time sufficient to react a predetermined amount of chlorine with (a) with said poly(vinyl chloride) which is thus converted to chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) by reaction of said liquid chlorine in a solid medium, and (b) with said polyethylene which is thus converted to chlorinated polyethylene; removing hydrogen chloride from said reaction zone; and, recovering a free-flowing mass of macrogranules of said chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride), and particles of chlorinated polyethylene, said macrogranules being in the form of macrogranules having a size range from about 50 to about 500 microns, and from about 5 to about 15% by weight of said macrogranules, when magnified, have the appearance of being translucent, the remaining being milky and opaque, and the majority of said macrogranules having a cluster of discrete particles of said chlorinated polyethylene bonded thereto.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
43 words
The product of claim 19 wherein from about 30% to about 60% by weight of the chlorinated polyethylene occurring in runs of 9 or more carbon atoms is unchlorinated, and the chlorinated runs contain from about 50% to about 60% by weight chlorine.
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