Abstract:
A POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITION CONSISTING OF AN AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE WITH 0.1 TO ABOUT 2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT OF AN ALKALINE EARTH CARBONATE AND ANOTHER MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE EITHER AN ORGANOSILOXANE POLYMER OR A POLYTERAFLUOROETHYLENE OR A MIXTURE OF THE TWO. THE AMOUNTS OF THE ORGANOSILOXANE POLYMER AND/OR POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE MAY BE PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF 0.1-2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE POLCARBONATE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE ALKALINE EARTH CARBONATE WHICH CAN BE EMPLOYED HEREIN IS BARIUM CARBONATE.
Abstract:
A CARBONATE POLYMER CONTAINING AS TERMINAL GROUPS A CHROMANYL RADICAL OF THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: (4-(2-R1,2-R2,3-R3,4-R4,R7,R8-CHROMAN-4-YL)PHENYL)-O-
WHEREIN R1-R8 ARE INDEPENDENTLY SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND ALKYL RADICALS OF 1-9 CARBON ATOMS AND WHEREIN R5-R8 ARE FURTHER INDEPENDENTLY SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BROMINE AND CHLORINE.
Abstract:
A thermal oxidatively stable polycarbonate composition consisting of the reaction product of bisphenol-A, a carbonate precursor and a minor amount of phosphorus dihalide, the composition having in admixture therewith a particular epoxidized composition in an amount of 0.01 to about 1.0 weight percent wherein the epoxy composition may be an epoxidized cycloaliphatic compound. The formula of the epoxy composition is as follows:
Abstract:
A COMPOSITION CONSISTING OF THE REACTION PRODUCT OF A DIHYDRIC PHENOL, A PARTICULAR IMIDE AND A CARBONYL HALIDE WHEREIN THE PARTICULAR IMIDE IS EITHER
2-(X-R-),5-(HOOC-)ISOINDOLINE-1,3-DIONE OR
(5-(HOOC-)ISOINDOLINE-1,3-DION-2-YL)2-R
OR MIXTURES THEREOF. IN THE FORMULAS, R IS DIVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICAL CONTAINING 1 TO 25 CARBON ATOMS AND X IS EITHER A CARBOXYL, A MERCAPTO, A HYDROXYL OR A SECONDARY AMINO GROUP.
Abstract:
A HIGH TEMPERATURE MOLDING POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITION HAVING IN ADMIXTURE AN AROMATIC POLYCARBONATE AND 0.05 TO ABOUT 2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT OF A ALKALINE EARTH CARBONATE BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE POLYCARBONATE COMPOSITION. PREFERABLY, THE ALKALINE EARTH CARBONATE IS BARIUM CARBONATE.
Abstract:
A THERMALLY OXIDATIVELY STABLE COPOLYCARBONATE PHOSPHITE HAVING AN ELEMENTAL PHOSPHORUS CONTENT OF 0.0005 TO ABOUT 1.0 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE POLYMER AND TO AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE POLYMER WHICH CONSISTS OF ADDING TO THE REACTION OF A DIHYDRIC PHENOL AND A CARBONATE PRECURSOR A PARTICULAR AMOUNT OF PHOSPHORUS TRIHALIDE SUCH AS PHOSPHORUS TRICHLORIDE.