Abstract:
This invention relates to a process for making at least one polyester comprising: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; (ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and (iii) 0 to 10 mole % of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; (b) a glycol component comprising: (i) 10 to 50 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues, which is a combination of greater than 80 mole % of cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and less than 20 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, or greater than 85 mole % of cis-2, 2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and less than 15 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, or greater than 90 mole % of cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and less than 10 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol, or greater than 95 mole % of cis-2, 2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and less than 5 mole % of trans-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol; (ii) 50 to 90 mole % of cyclohexanedimethanol residues; and (iii) optionally, residues of at least one modifying glycol; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component of the final polyester is 100 mole %; wherein the total mole % of the glycol component of the final polyester is 100 mole %; and wherein the inherent viscosity of the final polyester is from 0.35 to 1.2 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.25 g/50 ml at 25° C.; and wherein the final polyester has a Tg from 85° C. to 150° C.
Abstract:
An object is to provide a laminate having excellent lamination strength that includes a polyester film having a furandicarboxylate unit and a heat-sealable resin layer, and to provide a packaging bag including the same. A laminate including a polyester film and a heat-sealable resin layer, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film containing a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol, a plane orientation coefficient ΔP of the film is 0.100 or more and 0.160 or less, a thickness of the film is 1 μm or more and 300 μm or less, a heat shrinkage rate of the film is 10% or less when heated at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and lamination strength of the laminate is 2.0 N/15 mm or more.
Abstract:
Provided is a polyester resin having excellent adhesiveness and excellent grindability. One aspect of the polyester resin of the present invention is a polyester resin including a constitutional unit A derived from a carboxylic acid having a cyclic structure and containing 5 or more carboxyl groups and a constitutional unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid, in which the constitutional unit A has a content of 0.01 parts by mole or more and 45 parts by mole or less with respect to 100 parts by mole of the constitutional unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyether ester elastomer (TPEE) having a hard segment and a soft segment and a method for preparing the same and, more specifically, to a thermoplastic polyether ester elastomer and a method for preparing the same, wherein a unit derived from an anhydrosugar alcohol derivative with improved reactivity derived from biomass is contained in the soft segment, and thus through the adjustment of the content of the anhydrosugar alcohol derivative, elastic characteristics and physical characteristics (for example, hardness, etc.), which are important characteristics of an elastomer, can be favorably maintained, the melting point variously required in the molding process of a final product can be easily controlled, a problem of depletion of, especially, petroleum resources as finite resources, can be solved, and environmental friendliness can be improved.
Abstract:
An active ester resin having a molecular structure represented by Structural Formula (1) where X represents a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring, each R1 independently represents a methyl group or a hydrogen atom, k is 0 or 1, n is 1 or 2, l is 1 or 2, and m is the average of a repeating unit and from 0.25 to 1.5. The active ester resin, as a curing agent, can be combined with an epoxy resin to form at least an epoxy resin composition, a cured product, a prepreg, a circuit board and a build-up film.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the new functional norbornanyl ester derivative and/or polymer compositions which are easily obtainable by reacting the Diels-Alder adduct of appropriate dienes and dienophiles with carboxylic acids. In particular, this invention relates to a new process for making cyclic chemical raw materials suitable for production coating, ink, adhesive, plasticizer, thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic and functional polymers.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a thermo-shrinkable polyester film in which shrinkage uniformity is ensured in a shrinking process thus realizing superior quality of the outer appearance without causing a poorly printed state, reducing the production cost of the shrinking process and improving the productivity.
Abstract:
A nongelling and noncrosslinked, highly branched or hyperbranched polyester, obtained by reacting at least one selected from the group consisting of a monocarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid, a tricarboxylic acid, a polycarboxylic acid, and a derivative thereof with at least one selected from the group consisting of a monoalcohol, a diol, a triol, a tetraol, and a polyol, wherein an average functionality of the carboxyl groups (f.A) and the hydroxyl groups (f.B) in a notionally hydrolyzed polyester satisfies a relation: f.A+f.B>4, a mole fraction of the carboxyl groups (x.A) in the notionally hydrolyzed polyester satisfies a relation: f.A/[(f.A*f.B)+f.A]≦x≦(f.A*f.B)/[(f.A*f.B)+f.B], and a degree of conversion (U) of the deficit functionality satisfies a relation: U.min≦U≦U.max.
Abstract:
A two package type clear coating composition which can form cured coating film excelling in all aspects of scratch resistance, acid resistance, stain resistance and finished appearance such as coated surface smoothness, comprising a hydroxyl-containing acrylic resin (A) having a hydroxyl value of 100-200 mgKOH/g and a number-average molecular weight of 5,000-10,000, which is obtained by copolymerization of a monomeric mixture comprising an aromatic vinyl monomer and a monomer having cyclohexyl ring; a trifunctional HMDI isocyanurate compound (B); and a polyester polyol (C) having a hydroxyl value of 250-350 mgKOH/g and a number-average molecular weight of 350-550, which is obtained by esterification reaction of C3-6 diol with dicarboxylic acid having cyclohexyl ring.
Abstract:
POLYURETHANE LACQUER COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES A SOLVENT SOLUTION OF A POLYMER PREPARED BY REACTING AN ALIPHATIC POLYISOCYANATE WITH AN HYDROXYL POLYESTER OF AN EXCESS OF A POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL WITH A MIXTURE OF PHTHALIC ACID AND HEXAHYDROPHTHALIC ACID.