US5106906A
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Process for the production of finely dispersed polymer mixtures
Assignee: Bayer AG
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Filing: 1989-09-22
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Granted: 1992-04-21
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Expires: 2009-09-22
Abstract
Abstract 37 Highly dispersed mixtures of at least two polymers which are not completely miscible in the melt under customary conditions are produced by melting the polymers used in the presence of supercritical gases or mixtures of gases, intensively thoroughly mixing the molten polymers for long enough until the viscosity of the melt has diminished by at least 10%, subsequently cooling the polymer melt with further thorough mixing, until the viscosity of the melt has at least reached the original value again and then depressurizing the polymer melt. The highly dispersed mixtures produced in this way can be processed in the customary manner into mouldings.
Inventors
- 👤 Erich Meier
- 👤 Hanns-Ingolf Paul
- 👤 Rudiger Plaetschke
- 👤 Gunther Weymanns
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 11:12
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29B; B29B7/00; B29B7/80; B29B7/82; B01; B01F; B01F23/00; B01F23/04; B01F23/043; B01F23/40; B01F23/405; B01F23/48; B01F23/482; B29B13/00; B29B13/02; B29B13/022; C; C08; C08J; C08J3/00; C08J3/005; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P20/00; Y02P20/50; Y02P20/54
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
Process for the production of highly dispersed mixtures of at least two polymers which are not completely miscible in the melt under customary conditions, characterized in that the polymers used are melted in the presence of supercritical gases or mixtures of gases, the molten polymers are intensively thoroughly mixed for long enough until the viscosity of the melt has diminished by at least 10%, the polymer melt is subsequently cooled with further thorough mixing, until the viscosity of the melt has at least reached the original value again and then the polymer melt is depressurized.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
Process for the production of highly dispersed mixtures of at least two polymers which are not completely miscible in the melt under customary conditions, characterized in that the polymers used are melted in the presence of supercritical gases or mixtures of gases, the molten polymers are intensively thoroughly mixed for long enough until the viscosity of the melt has diminished by at least 10%, the polymer melt is subsequently cooled with further thorough mixing, until the viscosity of the melt has at least reached the original value again and then the polymer melt is depressurized.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the gases or mixtures of gases used as supercritical gases or mixtures of gases have a critical temperature of less than 400° C. and a critical pressure of less than 500 bar.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
Process according to claim 1 characterized in that carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, propane, ethane and/or trifluoromethane are used as supercritical gases.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
Process according to claim 1 characterized in that the molten polymers are intensively thoroughly mixed for long enough until the viscosity of the melt has diminished by at least 20% in relation to the initial melt viscosity.
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