Polyamide-polyarylate composition containing elastomeric modifier and epoxy-functional copolymer

Claim 1

A polyamide/polyarylate composition consisting essentially of: (a) 25-80 weight percent of at least one polyamide resin, (b) 10-70 weight percent of at least one polyarylate resin, (c) 0.5-30 weight percent of at least one elastomeric modifier which is a graft polymer consisting essentially of at least one monomer containing a functional acid group and at least one substantially saturated copolymer of ethylene and C 3 -C 8 alpha-olefins, and (d) 0.5-7 weight percent of at least one epoxy functional polymer which is a copolymer comprised of at least two of the following monomers: ##STR4## where the monomers of formula (a) comprise 50-99 weight percent of the copolymer, the monomers of formula (b) comprise 0-40 weight percent of the copolymer, and the monomer of formula (c) comprise 1-10 weight percent of the copolymer, wherein the epoxy functional polymer and the polyarylate are blended with each other before either the epoxy functional polymer of the polyarylate are blended with either the polyamide or the elastomeric modifier.