Abstract:
A thermoplastic resin composition comprises units represented by the amide formula (I): ##STR1## and the ester formula (II): ##STR2## wherein said amide units are present as a physical mixture in said resin or as a polymer with the repeating ester units to impart an enhanced crystallization rate as compared to said resin without said amide units of formula (I), said amide units being present in an effective amount to decrease the difference between the temperature of melting and the temperature of crystallization of said resin to an amount less than 5 mole percent of amide unites of formula (I) based on the moles of ester units of formula (II).
Abstract:
A stable emulsion comprising a polyetherimide resin, neutralization agent, cosolvent, solvent, ring opening agent, and water, for use in a cataphoretic deposition process for forming a polyetherimide coating on a substrate, particularly a substrate having a complex geometry.
Abstract:
The present invention deals with the distribution of polyphenylene ethers 1. by reacting the polyphenylene ether in solution with a phenolic compound, wherein special phenolic compounds are used. The redistribution reaction can be performed in toluene or in toluene/alcohol blends. The reaction can be run in the presence or the absence of a catalyst. By using a process for the redistribution of polyphenylene ethers by reacting the polyphenylene ether in solution with a phenolic compound, wherein the polyphenylene ether is reacted with a phenolic compound with formula 3 wherein the phenolic rings are disubstituted with methyl groups or ethyl groups in the ortho positions and the group X is separated from the phenolic ring through at least two carbon atoms and the phenolic compound has a molecular weight of not more than 400 g/mol, preferably not more than 300 g/mol and the redistribution is performed in a mixture of toluene and methanol with 1-30 volume % of methanol or in toluene in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst such as tri (C8-C1O alkyl) methyl ammonium chloride as a promoter; and a diphenoquinone, preferably of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'-diphenoquinone is used as a catalyst and the molar concentration of the phenolic compound is chosen between 0.9 to 1.1 times the molar quantity of monomeric units in the polyphenylene ether in the reaction solution, more than 90% of the phenolic compound can be incorporated in the polyphenylene.
Abstract:
A method of recovering dihydric phenol, particularly bisphenol-A, from compositions containing the reaction residue of bisphenol-A units which method comprises: a. granulating a bisphenol-A containing polymer; b. treating the particles with an alcohol, or any other organic swelling solvent miscible with water and easily distilled off from an aqueous solution, preferably a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alcohol for a time sufficient to swell the particles; c. contacting the swelled particles with a ammoniacal solution at a temperature of at least about 25.degree. C. depending on the swelling solvent employed in order to selectively sever the ester bonds of the bisphenol-A residue units; d. separating the liquid phase from the solid phase; e. distilling ammonia and swelling solvent from the liquid phase of d. above, thus obtaining an essentially aqueous solution with dissolved urea and partially precipitated bisphenol-A; f. adding sufficient water to the residue of e. above to precipitate bisphenol-A thereby forming a liquid and solid phase; g. recovering the solid phase of bisphenol-A; and h. drying the bisphenol-A. Since urea is soluble in water, urea goes into solution in step f. above. The urea is, therefore, recoverable, as well, which can be used as such or broken down into its component parts such as carbon dioxide and ammonia which ammonia can also be reused in this ammonical process.