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Copolyesters having an improved combination of properties
Assignee: Istituto Guido Donegani SpA
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Filing: 1991-12-20
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Granted: 1993-05-25
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Expires: 2011-12-20
Abstract
Abstract Copolyesters having an improved combination of barrier, mechanical, thermal and rheological properties and consisting of acylic and glycolic radicals, wherein the acylic radicals derive from at least isophthalic acid and 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and at least 90% by mols of the glycolic radicals derive from ethylene glycol.
Inventors
- 👤 Riccardo Po'
- 👤 Paolo Cioni
- 👤 Ernesto Occhiello
- 👤 Fabio Garbassi
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 01:36
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G63/00; C08G63/02; C08G63/12; C08G63/16; C08G63/18; C08G63/181; C08G63/185; C08G63/187; C08G63/189; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31786
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
Copolyesters having an improved combination of barrier, mechanical, thermal and rheological properties and a glass transition temperature equal to or higher than 73° C. and an oxygen permeability equal to or lower than 1.1 cm 3 .mm/m 2 .24 hr.atm., measured according to manometric method ASTM D-1434, at 25° C. and 0% relative humidity, consisting of acrylic and glycolic radicals, wherein the acylic radicals derive from at least isophthalic acid and 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, the latter being present in amounts of 20% to 40% by mols referred to the sum of acylic radicals, while at least 90% by mols of glycolic radicals derive from ethylene glycol.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
105 words
Copolyesters having an improved combination of barrier, mechanical, thermal and rheological properties and a glass transition temperature equal to or higher than 73° C. and an oxygen permeability equal to or lower than 1.1 cm 3 .mm/m 2 .24 hr.atm., measured according to manometric method ASTM D-1434, at 25° C. and 0% relative humidity, consisting of acrylic and glycolic radicals, wherein the acylic radicals derive from at least isophthalic acid and 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, the latter being present in amounts of 20% to 40% by mols referred to the sum of acylic radicals, while at least 90% by mols of glycolic radicals derive from ethylene glycol.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
The copolyesters according to claim 1, having an inherent viscosity ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 dl/g, determined on polymer solutions at a concentration of about 0.25 g/dl in a phenol/1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane 60/40 by weight mixture, at a temperature of 30° C., and a melt viscosity at a shear rate equal to zero, measured at the molding temperature, higher than 500 Pa.s.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
66 words
The copolyesters according to any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the acylic radicals derive from 60 to 80% by mols isophthalic acid or a derivative thereof, and from 40 to 20% by mols 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, while the glycolic radicals derive from 90 to 100% by mols ethylene glycol and from 10 to 0% by mols other aliphatic or cycloaliphatic glycols.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The copolyesters according to any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein, in addition, up to 5% by mols of the acylic radicals derive from an aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, other than isophthalic acid and 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
The copolyesters according to any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the acylic radicals derive from 60 to 80% by mols isophthalic acid or a derivative thereof; from 40 to 20% by mols 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and from 0 to 2% by mols, based on the sum of said acids, from a dicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof of aromatic or aliphatic nature other than isophthalic acid or 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The copolyesters according to claim 4, wherein the dicarboxylic acid other than isophthalic acid or 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid is selected from terephthalic, 4,4'-diphenyldicarboxylic. 4,4'-oxydibenzoic, 1,4-phenylenedioxydiacetic, 1,3-phenylenedioxydiacetic, cyclohexanedicarboxylic, succinic, adipic, decanedioic, dodecanedioic or p-hydroxybenzoic acids.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
The copolyesters according to any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the aliphatic or cycloaliphatic glycol is selected from diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, hexanediol, butanediol, 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol, 1,3-cyclohexane dimethanol, meta- or paraxylylenediols or polyethylene glycols having a molecular weight up to 1,000.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
58 words
The copolyesters according to any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the derivatives of the acids are acylic halides, the esters and the anhydrides of said acids, or the oligomers of said acids, or the oligomers of said acids with ethylene glycol, optionally in admixture with up to 10% by mols of other aliphatic or cycloaliphatic glycols.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
Hollow containers, films, sheets, plates, laminated and bonded articles prepared from the copolyesters as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 2.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The copolyester according to any one of claims 1 or 2, wherein the isophthalate radicals derive from an isophthalate oligomer.
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