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Glass fiber reinforced resin composition

Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1984-06-05
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Granted: 1986-07-29
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Expires: 2004-06-05
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Abstract

Abstract A glass fiber reinforced resin composition is described, comprising the following components: (a) 30 to 98 parts by weight of a crystalline propylene polymer; (b) 2 to 30 parts by weight of a glass fiber having an average diameter of 10μ or less, the amount of a binder deposited being from 0.01 to 0.3% by weight; (c) 0 to 35 parts by weight of an ethylene-based rubber; (d) 0 to 30 parts by weight of at least one inorganic filler selected from talc, mica, calcium silicate and glass powder; and (e) 0 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components (a) to (d) of a pigment comprising a coloring component and a dispersing component, the proportion of a coloring matter or matters having a Mohs hardness of 3.5 or more in the coloring component being less than 30% by weight. This composition is superior in high temperature stiffness, appearance, and pelletizability, and is satisfactory in an amount of warp of article or re-heating warp, and impact strength.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshihiro Sobajima
  • 👤 Yukihiko Ichikawa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 22:11
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08K; C08K7/00; C08K7/02; C08K7/04; C08K7/14; C08K9/00; C08K9/08

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim 180 words
A glass fiber reinforced resin compsition comprising the following componets (a) to (e): (a) 30 to 98 parts by weight of a crystalline propylene polymer having an isotactic index of at least 40 and a melt flow rate of about 0.01 to about 200 g/10 minutes; (b) 2 to 30 parts by wight of a glass fiber having an average diameter of 10μ or less and an amount of a binder deposited on the surface of the glass fiber of 0.01 to 0.3% by weight, the binder containing a film-forming agent; (c) 0 to 35 parts by weight of an ethylene copolymer rubber; (d) 0 to 35 parts by weight of at least one inorganic filler aelected from the group consisting of talc, mica, calcium silicate. and glass powder; (e) 0.01 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components a to d of a pigment in which coloring matters having a Mohs hardness of 3.5 of or more constitute less than 15% by weight of the coloring component excluding the dispersing component.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 180 words
A glass fiber reinforced resin compsition comprising the following componets (a) to (e): (a) 30 to 98 parts by weight of a crystalline propylene polymer having an isotactic index of at least 40 and a melt flow rate of about 0.01 to about 200 g/10 minutes; (b) 2 to 30 parts by wight of a glass fiber having an average diameter of 10μ or less and an amount of a binder deposited on the surface of the glass fiber of 0.01 to 0.3% by weight, the binder containing a film-forming agent; (c) 0 to 35 parts by weight of an ethylene copolymer rubber; (d) 0 to 35 parts by weight of at least one inorganic filler aelected from the group consisting of talc, mica, calcium silicate. and glass powder; (e) 0.01 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components a to d of a pigment in which coloring matters having a Mohs hardness of 3.5 of or more constitute less than 15% by weight of the coloring component excluding the dispersing component.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
The glass fiber reinforced resin compsoition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the crystalline propylene polymer is a polypropylene or a propylene-ethylene random ck copolymer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 60 words
The glass fiber reinforced resin compsosition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the crystalline propylene polymer is a propylene-ethylene block copolymer in which the ethylene content is from 1 to 25% by weight, the cold xylene-soluble portion ccntent is from 3 to 30% by weight, and the ethylene content of the cold xylene-soluble portion is 20 to 60% by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 60 words
The glass fiber reinforced resin composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the crystalline propylene polymer is a propylene-ethylene block copolymer in which the ethylene content is from 2 to 20% by weight, cold xylene-soluble portion content is from 4 to 25% by weight, and the ethylene content of the cold xylene-soluble portion is from 25 to 50% by weight.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 64 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the crystalline propylene polymer is a modified propylene polymer which is at least partially modified with a modifying agent selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated organic acid and its derivatives, the amount of the modifying agent being 0.01 to 20% by weight based on the weight of the crystalline propylene polymer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 5, wherein the crystalline propylene polymer is a polypropylene or a propylene-ethylene random or block copolymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 59 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 5, wherein the crystalline propylene polymer is a propylene-ethylene block copolymer in which the ethylene content is from 1 to 25% by weight, the cold xylene-soluble portion content is from 3 to 30% by weight, and the ethylene content of the cold xylene-soluble portion is 20 to 60% by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 59 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 5, wherein the crystalline propylene polymer is a propylene-ethylene block copolymer in which the ethylene content is from 2 to 20% by weight, cold xylene-soluble portion content is from 4 to 25% by weight, and the ethylene content of the cold xylene-soluble portion is from 25 to 50% by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 20 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 5, wherein the modifying agent is acrylic acid or maleic anhydride.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 34 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 5, wherein the modified propylene polymer is composed of a mixture of one or more modified propylene polymers and one or more unmodified propylene polymers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 22 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the average diameter of the glass fiber is 9μ or less.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 22 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the average diameter of the glass fiber is 7μ or less.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 40 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ethylene copolymer rubber has an ethylene content of from 90 to 40% by weight and a Mooney viscosity, ML 1+4 (100° C.), of from about 5 to 120.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 26 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inorganic filler is talc having an average particle size of from 0.2 to 10μ.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 26 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inorganic filler is talc having an average particle size of from 0.2 to 5μ.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 26 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inorganic filler is mica having an average particle size of from 1 to 150μ.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 26 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inorganic filler is mica having an average particle size of from 2 to 50μ.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 17 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inorganic filler is white mica.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 27 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inorganic filler is calcium silicate having an average particle size of from 1 to 15μ.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 23 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 19, wherein calcium silicate has an average particle size of from 2 to 10μ.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 34 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inorganic filler is glass powder having an average particle diameter of 13μ or less and a length of from 5 to 300μ.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 36 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coloring matters having a Mohs hardness of 3.5 or more constitute less than 15% by weight of the coloring component (excluding the dispersing component).
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 36 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the coloring matters having a Mohs hardness of 3.5 or more constitute less than 5% by weight of the coloring component (excluding the dispersing component).
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 38 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composition comprises from 40 to 95 parts by weight of the crystalline propylene polymer and from 3 to 25 parts by weight of the glass fiber.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 26 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composition comprises from 5 to 25 parts by weight of the ethylene copolymer rubber.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 25 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composition comprises from 5 to 25 parts by weight of the inorganic filler.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 39 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composition comprises from 0.01 to 10 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components (a), (b) and (c), of a pigment.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim 26 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composition comprises from 7 to 20 parts by weight of the ethylene copolymer rubber.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim 25 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composition comprises from 5 to 20 parts by weight of the inorganic filler.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim 38 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the composition comprises from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components (a) to (d), of the pigment.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim 21 words
The glass fiber reinforced composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein the film forming agent comprises a modified or unmodified polyolefin.

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