Process for producing poly(arylene sulfide)
US5840830A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08G75/0254
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention provides a process for producing a poly(arylene sulfide) comprising a dehydration step of heating and dehydrating a mixture containing an organic amide solvent (a), an alkali metal sulfide and water to control a water content in the mixture and a subsequent polymerization step of subjecting the alkali metal sulfide and a dihalo-aromatic compound to a polymerization reaction in the organic amide solvent (a), wherein hydrogen sulfide vaporized off during the dehydration step is absorbed in another organic amide solvent (b) outside a system in which the dehydration step is carried out, thereby recovering it, and the hydrogen sulfide thus recovered is reused in the polymerization reaction as a raw material for the alkali metal sulfide. The production process of the invention can solve various problems attendant upon the vaporization of hydrogen sulfide and provide a poly(arylene sulfide) which undergoes little variation in melt viscosity and has stable quality.
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