Abstract:
PREPARATION OF NEW POLYOXYMETHYLENE COPOLYMERS CONSISTING OF AT LEAST 95% OF OXYMETHYLENE UNITS SEPARATED BY OXYALKYLENIC UNITS BOUND TO SIDE GROUPS CONTAINING DOUBLE BONDS; THESE PRODUCTS HAVE A LOW VISCOSITY IN THE MOLTEN STATE SINCE PRACTICALLY NO CROSS-LINKING OCCURS DURING THE REACTION OF COPOLYMRIZATION. A CONTROLLED CROSS-LINKING OF THE COPOLYMERS IS THEN CARRIED OUT THROUGH THE OLEFINIC DOUBLE BOND PRESENT THEREIN TO OBTAIN PRODUCTS WITH INCREASED VISCOSITY IN THE MOLTEN STATE OR HAVING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A THERMOSETTING RESIN.
Abstract:
POLYOXYMETHYLENIC COPOLYMERS HAVING SUPERIOR PROPERTIES CONSISTING OF REPEATING OXYMETHYLENIC UNITS AND OF OXYALKYLENIC UNITS FORMED BY OPENING OF SUBSTANITALLY ONLY ONE OF THE RINGS OF 2,3-ETHYLENE-DIOXYDIOXANE. POLYOXYMETHYLENIC COPOLYMERS PREPARED BY REACTING TRIOXANE WITH 2,3-ETHYLENEDIOXYDIOXANE.