Non-bleeding transparent silicone additives for plastics
AssigneeDow Corning Corporation
InventorsRobert E. Kalinowski, Gary A. Vincent
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Abstract
Phenyl containing siloxane fluids are added to transparent thermoplastic polymers to give transparent thermoplastics having improved internal lubrication. For example, PhSi(OMe).sub.3 is equilibrated with (Me.sub.2 SiO).sub.x to give a fluid containing 28 percent by weight phenyl radicals, a PhSiO.sub.3 /2 to Me.sub.2 SiO ratio of 0.72 and an OMe to Si ratio of 0.78. This fluid was added to polystyrene in amount of 1 percent by weight to give a transparent plastic which exhibits no bleed and had excellent surface lubricity.
Claims3
A transparent thermoplastic composition comprising in admixture a transparent thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, acrylic polymers, and polycarbonate and a minor amount of a fluid siloxane copolymer composed essentially of phenylsiloxane units of the general formula
- (RO).sub.x C.sub.6 H.sub.5 SiO.sub.(3-x)/2
- and dimethylsiloxane units of the general formula
- (RO).sub.y (CH.sub.3).sub.2 SiO.sub.(2-y)/2
- wherein R represents an alkyl radical having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, x is 2, 1 or 0 and y is 1 or 0, the siloxane copolymer having a ratio of phenylsiloxane units to dimethylsiloxane units in the range of 0.6 to 2, a phenyl radical content above 22 weight percent based on the total weight of the copolymer, and a ratio of alkoxy groups to silicon atoms above 0.3.
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