Abstract:
THE METHOD RELATES TO THE POLYMERIZATION OF LACTAMS HAVING MORE THAN 6 MEMBER RINGS, AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF 130-180*C. AN ALKALINE POLYMERIZATION CATALYST AND A MIXTURE OF COCATALYSTS IS EMPLOYED IN THE POLYMERIZATION REACTION. THE COCATALYST MIXTURE CONSISTS OF FROM 30-70% OF A HIGH-ACTIVITY COCATALYST COMPRISING ACETYLLACTAMS, ACID CHLORIDES, ACID ANHYDRIDES, CYANAMIDES, ISOCYANATES, KETENES, AND OXAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVES, AND THE BALANCE CONSISTING OF POLYCARBODIMIDES.
Abstract:
1. A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYAMIDE CAPABLE OF AFTER-POLYMERIZATION IN AN INERT GAS ATMOSPHERE AT TEMPERTURES BELOW ITS MELTING POINT, WHICH COMPRISES POLYMERIZING W-DODECALACTAM BY HEATING UNDER EXCLUSION OF WATER AT TEMPERATURE ABOVE 300*C. IN THE PRESENCE OF A PHOSPHONIC ACID IN THE AMOUNT OF 0.05-1% BY WEIGHT CALCULATED ON THE W-DODECALACTAM.