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.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN AROMATIC CARBONATE POLYMER HAVING EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO THERMAL DISCOLORATION AND THERMAL DEGRADATION, WHICH PROCESS INVOLVES INCORPORATING 0.1-5.0 WEIGHT PERCENT OF WATER, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE TOTAL COMPOSITION WITH THE AROMATIC CARBONATE POLYMER, AND THEN EXTRUDING THE MIXTURE THROUGH A HEATED, VACUUM VENTED EXTRUDER. A VACUUM IS APPLIED TO THE MIXTURE WHILE IN THE MOLTEN STATE.