Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a PA XY/XZ polyamide, more particular a copolyamide having alternating XY units and XZ units and a process for the manufacture thereof. Further, the present invention relates to compositions and articles comprising said copolyamide. Furthermore, the present invention relates to diamines and salts which are intermediary products of the process for the manufacture of said copolyamide.
Abstract:
The invention relates to process for the production of a PA-MXDT/ZT polyamide comprising the following steps: (i) providing a solid MXDT/ZT salt, wherein MXD is meta-xylylenediamine, T is terephthalic acid, Z is a linear aliphatic diamine having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms and wherein the amount of Z is from 0 to 40 mole % with respect to the total of the amount of MXD and Z units in the polymer, (ii) solid state polymerizing the MXDT/ZT salt to obtain the polyamide, wherein the solid state polymerization is carried out at least partly under a diamine atmosphere. The invention further relates to a PA-MXDT/ZT polyamide, wherein the polymer has a glass transition temperature fulfilling the following relation: Tg>226−475*Y, wherein Y is the weight ratio g/g of all CH2 groups in the polymer with respect to the total weight of the polyamide.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide by direct solid-state polymerization of a diamine-dicarboxylic acid salt, comprising steps of (a) providing at least two salts of terephthalic acid and diamine, wherein each of these diamine/terephthalic acid salts is in solid state and has a melting temperature of at least Tx, wherein Tx is at least 260° C.; (b) preparing a mixture of the diamine/terephthalic acid salts, while retaining the salts in solid state; and (c) heating the mixture obtained from step (b) in the solid state to a temperature (T-c) in the range from 200° C. to 260° C., under a pressure below the saturation vapour pressure of water at said temperature, thereby condensing and polymerizing the salts and forming a semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide in solid form.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for preparing a salt from diamine and dicarboxylic acid, the process comprising contacting a diamine gas, having a gas temperature T-gas, with a dicarboxylic acid, thereby forming a reaction mixture comprising diamine/dicarboxylic acid salt, wherein the dicarboxylic acid and the reaction mixture are kept at a temperature T-mixture of at least 10° C. below the lowest of the melting temperature of the dicarboxylic acid (Tm-acid) and the melting temperature of the resulting diamine/dicarboxylic acid salt (Tm-salt). The invention also relates to a process for preparing a polyamide comprising preparing a salt from diamine and dicarboxylic acid.
Abstract:
The invention related to a process for the production of a PA-MXDT/ZT polyamide copolymer comprising the following steps: •i. providing a solid MXDT/ZT salt, wherein MXD is meta-xylylenediamine, T is terephthalic acid, Z is a linear aliphatic diamine having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms and wherein amount of Z is from 5 to 40 mole % with respect to the total amount of MXD and Z units in the copolymer and wherein the MXDT/ZT salt is provided by dosing of liquid diamines MXD and Z to a powder of terephthalic acid; •ii. heating the solid MXDT/ZT salt to a first condensation temperature (Tc1) thereby condensing the salt in solid state to produce a solid polyamide copolymer, wherein Tc1 is below the melting temperature (Tm-salt) of said salt. The invention further relates to a PA-MXDT/ZT polyamide copolymer, wherein MXD is meta-xylylenediamine, T is terephthalic acid, Z is a linear aliphatic diamine having from 2 to 12 carbon atom, Z is from 5 to 40 mole % with respect to the total of MXD and Z units in the copolymer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for preparing a semi-aromatic polyamide from diamine and dicarboxylic acid, comprising steps of •(i) dosing a liquid diamine to an agitated powder comprising an aromatic dicarboxylic acid thereby forming a powder comprising a diamine/dicarboxylic acid salt (DD-salt), and •(ii) solid-state polymerizing the DD-salt to obtain the polyamide.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide consisting of 95-100 mole % of monomeric units derived from diamine comprising aliphatic diamine comprising 5-40 mole % of a cycloaliphatic diamine, and dicarboxylic acid comprising at least 50 mole % of naphthalene dicarboxylic acid (N), or biphenyl dicarboxylic acid (B), or a combination thereof.
Abstract:
Processes are disclosed for preparing a diamine/dicarboxylic acid salt, wherein the dicarboxylic acid includes an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and is provided in a powder form. The diamine is provided in a liquid form gradually dosed to the dicarboxylic acid powder, while keeping the dicarboxylic acid powder in constant movement; the processing temperature is above 0° C. and below the boiling temperature of the diamine and the melting temperature of the acid and the salt, and the reaction mixture comprises at most 5 wt. % of water. An anhydrous diamine/dicarboxylic acid salts obtained by the process are also provided.
Abstract:
The present invention also relates to a process for preparing a diamine/dicarboxylic acid salt wherein the dicarboxylic acid comprises an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and is provided in a powder form; the diamine is provided in a liquid form gradually dosed to the dicarboxylic acid powder, while keeping the dicarboxylic acid powder in constant movement; the processing temperature is above 0° C. and below the boiling temperature of the diamine and the melting temperature of the acid and the salt, and the reaction mixture comprises at most 5 wt. % of water. The present invention also relates to an anhydrous diamine/dicarboxylic acid salt obtainable by the process according to invention, or any embodiment thereof as described above.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an optically transparent polymer film or extrudate product made of a polymer composition comprising a semi-crystalline polyamide having a melting temperature of at least 270° C. or a blend of the semi-crystalline polyamide (A) and a second polymer (B), and optionally at least one additive, wherein the semi-crystalline polyamide (A) is present in an amount of more than 50 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the polymer composition, the polymer composition in the optically transparent polymer film or extrudate product has a melting temperature (Tm-C) in the range of 270-340° C., and wherein the film or a part of the extrudate product has a haze of less than 12% and a light transmittance, of at least 88% measured with the method according to ASTM D1003A.