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US 4,378,444 AGranted
Molding material
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsSumner A. Barenberg, Frank P. Gay
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Abstract
Use of a selected sulfonamide has been found to reduce mold deposits and to lower volatility without impairing crystallization rates of polyethylene terephthalate molding blend which contains an ionic hydrocarbon copolymer or ionic salt of a hydrocarbon acid, over polyethylene terephthalate blends which contained the ionic component and other additives.
Claims7
A polyethylene terephthalate molding blend consisting essentially of
- (a) 20-90% by weight of blend of polyethylene terephthalate having an inherent viscosity of at least 0.4 dl/g,
- (b) 0-50% by weight of blend of a reinforcing or filling material,
- (c) 1-10% by weight of blend of at least one sodium or potassium salt of a hydrocarbon carboxylic acid of 9-25 carbon atoms or at least one sodium or potassium salt of an ionic hydrocarbon copolymer of an .alpha.-olefin of 2-5 carbon atoms and an .alpha.,.beta.-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid of 3-5 carbon atoms in which the carboxyl groups have been at least partially neutralized with Na.sup.+ or K.sup.+ cations, provided the amount of copolymer present is sufficient to provide a .DELTA.H.sub.H /.DELTA.H.sub.c ratio of less than 0.25 to the blend,
- (d) 1-10% by weight of blend of at least one para-n-alkyl toluene sulfonamide of the formula ##STR4## wherein R is n-alkyl or n-alkenyl of 14-16 carbon atoms, or if a mixture of sulfonamides is present, R can contain 14-18 carbon atoms provided that the sulfonamide in which R is 18 carbon atoms is present in an amount less than 70% by weight of the total sulfonamides present,
- provided also that the amount of sulfonamide present is sufficient to lower the Tpk of a blend of (a), (b) and (c) by at least about 4.degree. C.
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