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Transparent polycarbonate PET blends

US5376736A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 12, 1994
Grant dateDec 27, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08L69/00
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Thermoplastic molding compositions are disclosed containing (i) about 1 to 89% polyethylene terephthalate (ii) about 10 to 89% of a first aromatic polycarbonate (PC1) and (iii) about 1-89% of the second aromatic polycarbonate (PC2). PC2 is a copolycarbonate which contains about 5 to 70 mole percent of structural units derived from a dihydroxy compound the bridging unit of which corresponds to ##STR1## wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 X and m are defined. A composition of the invention is characterized in a TLT value which is an improvement over that of the corresponding composition which contains the same amount of PET and only PC1. An additional embodiment of the invention concerns a method for increasing the TLT of a thermoplastic molding composition containing PET and PC1. The method comprises replacing some of said PC1 by PC2.

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