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High impact polyamide composition
Assignee: Asahi Kasei Corp
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Filing: 1982-07-20
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Granted: 1984-11-27
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Expires: 2002-07-20
Abstract
Abstract A high impact polyamide composition comprising in specific weight proportions a polyamide, an ethylene ionomer resin and an elastomeric ethylene copolymer, said ethylene ionomer resin and said elastomeric ethylene copolymer having specific relationships with respect to melt index, which exhibits excellent impact strengths at not only ordinary temperatures but also low temperatures along with remarkable improvements in other physical properties such as heat resistance, while maintaining good processability, inclusive of good moldability.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Ochiai
- 👤 Tomiyasu Sakurai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 17:21
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L77/00; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08L23/04; C08L23/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
149 words
A high impact polyamide composition comprising a polyamide(A), an ethylene ionomer resin(B) and an elastomeric ethylene copolymer(C); the weight proportion of the polyamide(A) relative to the total of (A), (B) and (C) being 60 to 90%, the weight proportion of the ethylene ionomer resin(B) relative to the total of (A), (B) and (C) being 1 to 45%, and the weight proportion of the elastomeric ethylene copolymer(C) relative to the total of (A), (B) and (C) being 0.5 to 40%; and wherein the ethylene ionomer resin(B) and the elastomeric ethylene copolymer(C) respectively have melt indexes (F b ) and (F c ) satisfying the inequalities; 3≧F.sub.b ≧0.2 10≧F.sub.c ≧1 50≧F.sub.c /F.sub.b ≧2 said melt indexes F b and F c each being given in terms of a value (g/10 min) as measured at a cylinder temperature of 190° C. with a load of 2160 g in accordance with ASTM-D 1238.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
149 words
A high impact polyamide composition comprising a polyamide(A), an ethylene ionomer resin(B) and an elastomeric ethylene copolymer(C); the weight proportion of the polyamide(A) relative to the total of (A), (B) and (C) being 60 to 90%, the weight proportion of the ethylene ionomer resin(B) relative to the total of (A), (B) and (C) being 1 to 45%, and the weight proportion of the elastomeric ethylene copolymer(C) relative to the total of (A), (B) and (C) being 0.5 to 40%; and wherein the ethylene ionomer resin(B) and the elastomeric ethylene copolymer(C) respectively have melt indexes (F b ) and (F c ) satisfying the inequalities; 3≧F.sub.b ≧0.2 10≧F.sub.c ≧1 50≧F.sub.c /F.sub.b ≧2 said melt indexes F b and F c each being given in terms of a value (g/10 min) as measured at a cylinder temperature of 190° C. with a load of 2160 g in accordance with ASTM-D 1238.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
129 words
A high impact polyamide composition according to claim 1, wherein the ethylene ionomer resin(B) comprises ethylene monomer units, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer units, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer units and ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt monomer units; the molar proportion of said ethylene monomer units relative to the total of the ethylene monomer units, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer units, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer units and ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt monomer units being 90 to 97%; and wherein the number of moles of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer units (α), the number of moles of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer units (β) and the number of moles of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt monomer units (γ) satisfy the inequalities: ##EQU2##
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A high impact polyamide composition according to claim 1, wherein the polyamide(A) has a number average molecular weight of about 5,000 to about 50,000.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A high impact polyamide composition according to claim 1, wherein the elastomeric ethylene copolymer(C) is a copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin containing 3 to 8 carbon atoms.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A high impact polyamide composition according to claim 1, wherein the elastomeric ethylene copolymer(C) is a polymer of ethylene, an alpha-olefin containing 3 to 8 carbon atoms and a diene monomer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A high impact polyamide composition according to claim 4, wherein said alpha-olefin is propylene or butene-1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
A high impact polyamide composition comprising 60 to 95 parts by weight of the polyamide composition according to claim 1 and 5 to 40 parts by weight of an inorganic material, the total weight of the polyamide composition and the inorganic material being 100 parts by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
99 words
A high impact polyamide composition according to claim 7, wherein the molar proportion of the ethylene monomer units relative to the total of the ethylene monomer units, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer units, ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer units and ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt monomer units is 90 to 97%; and wherein the number of moles of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester monomer units (α), the number of moles of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer units (β) and the number of moles of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt monomer units (γ) satisfy the inequalities: ##EQU3##
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A high impact polyamide composition according to claim 7, wherein said inorganic material is a member selected from the group consisting of glass fiber, asbestos, bentonite, diatomaceous earth, mica, talc, calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, calcium sulfite and mixtures thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
A high impact polyamide composition according to claim 5, wherein said α-olefin is propylene or butene-1.
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