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Flame-retarding, polycarbonate moulding materials of high impact strength

Assignee: Bayer AG
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Filing: 1986-04-30
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Granted: 1988-06-14
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Expires: 2006-04-30
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention relates to flame-retarding, thermoplastic polycarbonate moulding materials of high impact strength consisting of halogen-containing polycarbonates, copolymers formed from styrenes and (meth)acrylonitrile, phosphorus compounds of the formula (I) <IMAGE> (I) tetrafluoroethylene polymers and small amounts of graft polymers and, if appropriate, effective amounts of stabilizers, pigments, lubricants, mould release agents and/or antistatic agents, and to a process for the preparation thereof.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hans-Jurgen Kress
  • 👤 Friedemann Muller
  • 👤 Christian Lindner
  • 👤 Horst Peters
  • 👤 Josef Buekers

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 03:48
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08K; C08K5/00; C08K5/0008; C08K5/0066; C08K5/49; C08K5/51; C08K5/52; C08K5/53; C08L; C08L25/00; C08L25/02; C08L25/04; C08L25/08; C08L25/12; C08L27/00; C08L27/02; C08L27/12; C08L27/18; C08L51/00; C08L69/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim 426 words
A thermoplastic polycarbonate moulding material comprising: A. 50 to 90% by weight of a halogen-containing copolycarbonate containing 3 to 20% by weight of halogen formed from a dihydric phenol of the formula ##STR4## wherein Z is a single bond, C 1 -C 5 -alkylene, C 2 -C 5 -alkylidene, C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkylidene, --S-- or --SO 2 --, Hal is chlorine or bromine, x is 0, 1 or 2 and n is 1 or 0, the copolycarbonate containing 3 to 20% by weight of halogen in the form of co-condensed, halogenated, dihydric phenol, B. 10 to 50% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer formed from 50 to 95 parts by weight of styrene, α-methylstyrene, nuclear-substituted styrene or mixtures thereof and 5 to 50% by weight of (meth)acrylonitrile, C. 5 to 15 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of total weight of A. and B., of a phosphorous compound of the general formula ##STR5## wherein n is zero or 1, and when n is zero; R 1 , R 2 and R 3 independently of one another denote an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted C 1 to C 8 -alkyl, or a C 6 to C 20 -aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl or halogen and when n is 1, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 independently of one another denote C 6 to C 20 -aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl or halogen, and D. 0.05 to 2.0 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of total weight of A. and B., of a tetrafluoroethylene polymer having average particle sizes of 0.05 to 20 μm and a density of 1.2 to 1.9 g/cm 3 , the component D. being employed in the form of a coagulated mixture of emulsions of the tetrafluoroethylene polymers D. and emulsions consisting of not more than 3 parts by weight, but at least 0.1 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components A+B, of E. graft polymers formed from E.1. 5 to 90 parts by weight of a mixture of (i) 50 to 95% by weight of styrene, α-methylstyrene, nuclear-substituted styrene, methyl methacrylate or mixtures thereof (ii) 50 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate, maleic anhydride, N-substituted maleimide or mixtures thereof, grafted onto E.2. 95 to 10 parts by weight, of a rubber having a glass transition temperature T G ≧10° C., and the ratio by weight of the graft polymer E. to the tetrafluoroethylene polymer D. being between 95:5 and 60:40.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 426 words
A thermoplastic polycarbonate moulding material comprising: A. 50 to 90% by weight of a halogen-containing copolycarbonate containing 3 to 20% by weight of halogen formed from a dihydric phenol of the formula ##STR4## wherein Z is a single bond, C 1 -C 5 -alkylene, C 2 -C 5 -alkylidene, C 5 -C 6 -cycloalkylidene, --S-- or --SO 2 --, Hal is chlorine or bromine, x is 0, 1 or 2 and n is 1 or 0, the copolycarbonate containing 3 to 20% by weight of halogen in the form of co-condensed, halogenated, dihydric phenol, B. 10 to 50% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer formed from 50 to 95 parts by weight of styrene, α-methylstyrene, nuclear-substituted styrene or mixtures thereof and 5 to 50% by weight of (meth)acrylonitrile, C. 5 to 15 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of total weight of A. and B., of a phosphorous compound of the general formula ##STR5## wherein n is zero or 1, and when n is zero; R 1 , R 2 and R 3 independently of one another denote an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted C 1 to C 8 -alkyl, or a C 6 to C 20 -aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl or halogen and when n is 1, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 independently of one another denote C 6 to C 20 -aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted by alkyl or halogen, and D. 0.05 to 2.0 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of total weight of A. and B., of a tetrafluoroethylene polymer having average particle sizes of 0.05 to 20 μm and a density of 1.2 to 1.9 g/cm 3 , the component D. being employed in the form of a coagulated mixture of emulsions of the tetrafluoroethylene polymers D. and emulsions consisting of not more than 3 parts by weight, but at least 0.1 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the sum of the components A+B, of E. graft polymers formed from E.1. 5 to 90 parts by weight of a mixture of (i) 50 to 95% by weight of styrene, α-methylstyrene, nuclear-substituted styrene, methyl methacrylate or mixtures thereof (ii) 50 to 5% by weight of (meth)acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate, maleic anhydride, N-substituted maleimide or mixtures thereof, grafted onto E.2. 95 to 10 parts by weight, of a rubber having a glass transition temperature T G ≧10° C., and the ratio by weight of the graft polymer E. to the tetrafluoroethylene polymer D. being between 95:5 and 60:40.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
A moulding material according to claim 1, in which the copolycarbonate of component A. contains 3 to 20% by weight of bromine in the form of co-condensed, brominated, dihydric phenol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
A moulding material according to claim 1, in which the copolycarbonate A. contains up to 15% by weight, relative to the total of the diphenols, of bis-(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 24 words
A moulding material according to claim 1 in which the thermoplastic polymer of component B is formed from styrene and/or α-methylstyrene together with acrylonitrile.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 33 words
A moulding material according to claim 4, in which the thermoplastic polymer of component B comprises 60 to 80% by weight of styrene and/or α-methylstyrene and 40 to 20% by weight of acrylonitrile.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 22 words
A moulding material according to claim 1, in which component D. is present in amounts of 0.1 to 1.0 part by weight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 36 words
A moulding material according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the tetrafluoroethylene polymer of component D. is selected from polytetrafluoroethylene, tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymers or tetrafluoroethylene copolymers containing minor amounts of fluorine-free, copolymerisable, ethylenically unsaturated monomers
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 50 words
A moulding material according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the graft polymer E. has been prepared from 30 to 80 parts by weight of a mixture of E. 1 (i) and E. 1. (ii) grafted onto 70 to 20 parts by weight of a rubber E. 2.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 19 words
A moulding material according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which graft polymer E. is an ABS polymer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 23 words
A moulding material according to claim 1, additionally comprising at least one additive selected from stabilizers, pigments, lubricants, mould release and antistatic agents.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 44 words
A process for the production of a moulding material according to claim 1 in which components A., B., C., D. and E. are mixed and are then melt-compounded or melt-extruded at temperatures from 200° C. to 330° C. in a melt-compounding or melt-extrusion unit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 43 words
A process for the production of a moulding material according to claim 1 in which solutions of the components A., B., C., D. and E. in an organic solvents are mixed, and the mixture of solution is then evaporated in an evaporation unit.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 30 words
A process according to claim 11, in which at least one additive selected from stabilizers, pigments, lubricants, mould release agents and antistatic agents is incorporated in the mixture or solutions.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 11 words
A moulding material whenever produced by the process of claim 14.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 13 words
A moulded article whenever produced from a moulding material according to claim 1.

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