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Process for producing polyesters

US5296586A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1992
Grant dateMar 22, 1994
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08G63/78
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a process for the production of polyester which involves heating a polymerizable monomer or oligomer in an inert liquid which does not dissolve or swell the monomer, oligomer, or polyester product, while boiling the inert liquid and codistilling the low molecular weight byproduct of the polymerization.

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