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Amorphous aromatic copolyamide, a process for the preparation thereof, and shaped object
Assignee: Akzo NV
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Filing: 1987-02-27
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Granted: 1988-07-19
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Expires: 2007-02-27
Abstract
Abstract An amorphous, injection-moldable copolyamide comprising linear chains of each of the units having the formulae: (I) --CO--Ar--CO--, (II) --NH--Ar--CO--, and (III) --NH--Ar--CO--, wherein Ar represents one or more optionally substituted arylene radicals selected from the group consisting of (1) para oriented arylene, (2) meta oriented arylene, (3) arylene-X-arylene, wherein X is --C(Y)(H)--, --O--, --S--, --SO 2 -- or --CO--, with Y is H or C 1-43 -alkyl, and (4) arylene-CZZ'-arylene, wherein Z,Z' are alkyl or cycloalkyl, provided that at least one of the units of the formulae (I), (II) or (III) are arylene radicals from more than one of the groups (1), (2), (3) and (4). Said units are preferably present in a molar ratio of 17-41.5% of (I), 17-41.5% of (II) and 17-66% of (III).
Inventors
- 👤 Doetze J. Sikkema
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 04:11
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G63/00; C08G63/02; C08G63/12; C08G63/40; C08G63/44; C08G69/00; C08G69/02; C08G69/36; C08G69/26; C08G69/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
A copolyamide which is amorphous and essentially comprises linear chains of each of the amide linked units of the formulae: (I) --CO--Ar--CO-- (II) --NH--Ar--NH-- (III) --NH--Ar--CO-- wherein Ar independently represents one or more arylene radicals selected from the groups of arylene radicals of the formulae: ##STR3## wherein R is H, C 1-4 -alkyl, C 1-4 -alkoxy, Cl, F, aryl or aryl-C 1-4 -alkyl; X is ##STR4## Y is H or C 1-4 alkyl; Z,Z' are the same or different and represent C 1-4 alkyl or together represent cyclohexyl; n is 1-4, and in the formulae (iii) and (iv) the free valencies are in the position meta or para relative to the aryl-X or aryl-CZZ' bond; with the proviso that at least one of the units of formula (I), (II) or (III) comprises different arylene radicals from more than one of the groups of formulae (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), respectively.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
A copolyamide which is amorphous and essentially comprises linear chains of each of the amide linked units of the formulae: (I) --CO--Ar--CO-- (II) --NH--Ar--NH-- (III) --NH--Ar--CO-- wherein Ar independently represents one or more arylene radicals selected from the groups of arylene radicals of the formulae: ##STR3## wherein R is H, C 1-4 -alkyl, C 1-4 -alkoxy, Cl, F, aryl or aryl-C 1-4 -alkyl; X is ##STR4## Y is H or C 1-4 alkyl; Z,Z' are the same or different and represent C 1-4 alkyl or together represent cyclohexyl; n is 1-4, and in the formulae (iii) and (iv) the free valencies are in the position meta or para relative to the aryl-X or aryl-CZZ' bond; with the proviso that at least one of the units of formula (I), (II) or (III) comprises different arylene radicals from more than one of the groups of formulae (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), respectively.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A copolyamide according to claim 1, characterized by a practically equal number of units of formula (I) and (II), respectively, in the range of 17-41.5 mole % and by 17-66 mole % units of formula III.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A copolyamide according to claim 2, characterizd by a practically equal number of units of formula (I) and (II), respectively, in the range of 20-40 mole % and by 20-60 mole % units of formula (III).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A copolyamide according to claim 1, characterized in that of the total of arylene radicals less than 50 mole % are of formula (i).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A copolyamide according to claim 1, characterized in that the chains of the copolyamide comprise the units of formulae (I), (II) and (III) in random order.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A copolyamide according to claim 1, characterized in that the copolyamide has a melt flow index (MFI) of 5-50 g/10 min. at a temperature of 360° C. and a load of 2.16 kg.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A copolyamide according to claim 1, characterized by a glass transition temperature in the range of 200° to 300° C.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A copolyamide according to claim 1, comprising units of formula (II) wherein Ar stands for an arylene radical of formula (iii) or (iv).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A copolyamide according to claim 8, comprising different units of formula III wherein Ar stands for arylene radicals of formulae (i) and (ii), respectively.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
A copolyamide according to claim 9, comprising a unit of formula (I) wherein Ar has formula (i) or (ii), a unit of formula (II) wherein Ar has formula (iii), and two units of formula (III) wherein Ar has formula (i) and formula (ii), respectively.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A copolyamide according to claim 10, comprising units derived from isophthalic acid, m-aminobenzoic acid and p-aminobenzoic acid and a unit of formula (II) wherein Ar has formula (iii).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
A copolyamide according to claim 11, characterized in that the unit of formula (II) is derived from bis(4-aminophenyl) methane.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
A copolyamide according to claim 12, comprising substantially the same numbers of each of said four units.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
A composition comprising a copolyamide according to claim 1 and a fibrous or particulate filler.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
12 words
Shaped object obtained by melt molding a copolyamide according to claim 1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
10 words
Shaped object according to claim 15 obtained by injection molding.
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