Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for increasing the molecular weight of polyesters by heating 100 parts of polyester with i) 0.01 to 5 parts of a tetracarbolic acid dianhydride, and ii) 0.01 to 5 parts of a copolymer comprising an epoxy group and based on styrene, acrylic acid ester, and/or methacrylic acid ester in an extruder to 160 to 350°C.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for continuously producing polyester mixtures containing: a) 10 to 80% by weight of a biodegradable polyester (Q) made of aliphatic or aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic dihydroxy compounds, and b) 20 to 90% by weight of one or more polymers (T) selected from the group consisting of: polylactic acid, polycaprolactone, polypropylene carbonate, polyglycolide, aliphatic polyester, cellulose acetate, and polyhydroxyalkanoate, wherein i) a mixture of the aliphatic dihydroxy compounds, the aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids, and optionally additional comonomers (component C), without the addition of a catalyst, is blended into a paste, or, as an alternative, the liquid esters of the dicarboxylic acids and the dihydroxy compound, and optionally additional comonomers, without the addition of a catalyst, are introduced, in a first stage said mixture is continuously esterified or transesterified together with the total quantity or a portion of the catalyst; ii) in a second stage the transesterification or esterification product yielded according to i) is continuously precondensed to a viscosity number according to DIN 53728 of 20 to 70 cm 3 /g; iii) in a third stage the product that can be yielded from ii) is continuously polycondensed to a viscosity number according to DIN 53728 of 60 to 170 cm 3 /g, and iv) in a fourth stage the product that can be yielded from iii) (polyester Q) is continuously blended with the polymer T, and v) optionally in a fifth stage the polymer mixture than can be yielded from iv) is continuously reacted with a chain extender D in a polyaddition reaction to a viscosity number according to DIN 53728 of 150 to 320 cm 3 /g.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a biodegradable polymer composition containing at least one poly(meso-lactide) and at least one biodegradable polyester selected from aliphatic polyesters, aliphatic-aromatic polyesters and copolymers and mixtures thereof; films comprising the biodegradable polymer composition and packaging and mulch films comprising such films.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a biodegradable copolyester that has a molecular weight Mn measured in accordance with GPC of 10,000 to 100,000 and that can be obtained by reacting vi) 51 to 84 wt%, with respect to the copolyester, of a branched polyester middle block based on aliphatic or aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic dihydroxy compounds and having a molecular weight Mn measured in accordance with 1 H-NMR of 5,000 to 25,000 with vii) 15.9 to 48.9 wt%, with respect to the copolyester, of a lactide in the presence of a catalyst and then reacting the polyester triblock thus obtained and having a molecular weight Mn measured in accordance with 1 H-NMR of 5,800 to 49,500 with viii) 0.1 to 3 wt%, with respect to the copolyester, of a diisocyanate. The invention further relates to a method for producing the biodegradable copolyesters mentioned above and to the use of the biodegradable copolyesters mentioned above.