Polymer mixture comprising a polyphenylene ether and optionally a polystyrene and/or a rubber-modified polystyrene, and articles formed therefrom
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJan Bussink, Roelof van der Meer
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Abstract
Polyphenylene ethers may show the property that their molecular weight increases considerably upon extrusion. This increase of the molecular weight leads to less good flow properties. It has been found that the addition of a conjugated, non-aromatic diene compound or of a dienophilic compound suppresses the increase of the molecular weight under extrusion.
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A polyphenylene ether polymer composition which is the product obtained from melt-mixing a mixture consisting essentially of polyphenylene ether polymer and from 0.1-5% by weight of a precursor of a diene.
A method of preparing a polyphenylene ether polymer mixture which comprises mixing in the melt a composition consisting essentially of a polyphenylene ether and 0.1-5% by weight of a precursor of a diene compound.
A polyphenylene ether polymer composition which is a product obtained from melt-mixing a mixture consisting essentially of polyphenylene ether polymer and from 0.1 to 5 percent by weight of a precursor of a diene, wherein the precursor is 5-norbornene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid anhydride 8-methyl.
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