Injection molded article and method for the manufacture thereof

A method of reducing splay in an injection molded article comprising a poly(arylene ether) composition, the method comprising:

• injection molding a poly(arylene ether) composition to form an injection molded article;
• wherein the injection molding comprises filling a barrel of an injection molding machine with the poly(arylene ether) composition and emptying at least 80 weight percent of the barrel to mold a single injection molded article;
• wherein a portion of the injection molded article comprises
• a first dimension of at least 10 centimeters,
• a second dimension of at least 10 centimeters, and
• a third dimension of less than 1 centimeter;
• wherein the poly(arylene ether) composition comprises
• 45 to 65 weight percent of a poly(arylene ether) having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.3 to 0.55 deciliter/gram measured at 25° C. in chloroform,
• 15 to 35 weight percent of a rubber-modified polystyrene, wherein the rubber-modified polystyrene comprises polystyrene and polybutadiene,
• 5 to 25 weight percent of a triaryl phosphate that is a liquid at one atmosphere and at least one temperature in the range 25 to 50° C., and
• 0.1 to 1 weight percent of an aryl phosphite having the structure P(OR1)3, wherein each occurrence of R1 is independently C1-C24 hydrocarbyl, provided that at least one occurrence of R1 is an unsubstituted or substituted C6-C24 aryl.;
• wherein all weight percents are based on the total weight of the poly(arylene ether) composition.