Abstract:
In a process for the production of synthetic linear polyamides with stabilized melt viscosity, 0,001 to 1% by weight of an acid of phosphorus or a metal salt thereof and 0,01 to 2% by weight of an alkane monocarboxylic or alkane dicarboxylic acid or a salt thereof with a metal of Group I or II of the Periodic Table is added thereto prior to the shaping of the polyamide (the weight of the phosphorus acid component in the mixture being less than that of the carboxylic acid component). Specified phosphorus acid components are hypophosphorous, phosphorous, hypodiphosphoric, orthophosphoric, pyrophosphoric, hexametaphosphoric and metaphosphoric acid. Specified linear polyamides are polycaprolactam, polycaprylic lactam, polylauric lactam, polyhexamethylene adipamide, polyoctamethylene sebacamide, polyurethanes and polyureas. Specified alkane carboxylic acids are capric, palmitic, stearic, behenic, undecane dicarboxylic, acetic, caproic, oenanthic, succinic and adipic acid. In the examples:-(1) polycaprolactam is kneaded at 250 DEG to 260 DEG C. with disodium hydrogen phosphite pentahydrate, calcium stearate and di-t-butyl-p-cresol; (2) polycaprylic lactam is homogenized at 260 DEG to 280 DEG C. with calcium stearate and disodium hydrogen phosphite and (3) polyhexamethylene adipamide is kneaded with calcium stearate and disodium hydrogen phosphite.