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AssigneeBayer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsSiegfried Adelmann, Dieter Margotte, Werner Nouverine, Frank Kleiner
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This development is concerned with an improved process of preparing polycarbonate molding compositions and molded articles having superior hydrolysis resistance, stress crack resistance and flame retardancy, by thermoplastically processing a partially crosslinked aromatic polycarbonate. A crosslinkable aromatic thermoplastic polycarbonate is subject to irradiation to cause crosslinking on its surface such that between about 5 and 50 wt. % of the polymer is crosslinked and it is then thermoplastically processed. This partially crosslinked polycarbonate may be blended with uncrosslinked thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonate or known flame retardant agents. This development is also concerned with the compositions or articles so produced.
A process for the preparation of a modified theremoplastic polycarbonate molding composition, characterized in that a crosslinkable thermoplastic, aromatic polycarbonate is crosslinked on the surface by irradiation with high-energy rays, after being granulated, and is then extruded or injection molded, the proportion of crosslinked polycarbonate being 5-50% by weight, relative to the total weight of non-crosslinked and crosslinked polycarbonate.
In a process of injection molding aromatic polycarbonate, the improvement comprising molding granules of an aromatic polycarbonate whose surfaces have been crosslinked by irradiation such that between 5 and 50 wt. % of said polycarbonate has been rendered insoluble in normal aromatic polycarbonate solvents, said polycarbonate having a Mw of between about 20,000 and 80,000 and being wholly thermoplastic before irradiation.
In the process of molding by extrusion of aromatic polycarbonate, the improvement comprising molding granules of an aromatic polycarbonate whose surfaces have been crosslinked by irradiation such that between 5 and 50 wt. % of said polycarbonate has been rendered insoluble in normal aromatic polycarbonate solvents, said polycarbonate having a Mw of between about 20,000 and 80,000 and being wholly thermoplastic before irradiation.
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