# US 5,344,892 A · Polyester compositions with improved crystallization rate

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- Number: US 5,344,892 A
- Document ID: US5344892A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/085,043
- Filed: 1993-07-02
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1993-07-02
- Assignees: Enichem S.p.A.
- Inventors: Kavilipalayam M. Natarajan; Shilain D. Wu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5344892A

## CPC

- C08L 71/126: {modified by chemical after-treatment}
- C08L 67/02: Polyesters derived from dicarboxylic acids and dihydroxy compounds (C08L67/06 takes precedence)
- Y10S 525/905: Polyphenylene oxide
- C08L: COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS (compositions based on polymerisable monomers C08F, C08G; artificial filaments or fibres D01F; textile treating compositions D06)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A molding composition comprising a thermoplastic polyester in an alkali metal salt of polyphenylene ether as a nucleating agent.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A molding composition comprising a thermoplastic polyester and an alkali metal salt of PPE, as a nucleating agent.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The composition of claim 1, wherein said polyester is a poly(alkylene terephthalate) having repeating units of the formula: ##STR3## wherein n is an integer ranging from 2 to 6.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The composition of claim 2, wherein said poly(alkylene terephthalate) is polyethylene terephthlate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The composition of claim 1, wherein said alkali metal of said salt of PPE is sodium or lithium.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The composition of claim 1, wherein the number average molecular weight of the alkali metal salt of PPE ranges from 1,000 to about 60,000.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The composition of claim 5, wherein said number average molecular weight ranges from 3,000 to 40,000.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The composition of claim 1, wherein the weight average molecular weight of said alkali metal salt of PPE ranges from about 20,000 to 120,000.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The composition of claim 1, which comprises 10-90 percent by weight polyester and 10-90 percent by weight of alkali metal salt of PPE.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The composition of claim 1, wherein said polyphenylene ether of said alkali metal salt comprises a plurality of units of the formula: ##STR4## wherein each Q.sup.1 is independently halogen, primary or secondary lower alkyl, phenyl, haloalkyl, aminoalkyl, hydrocarbonoxy or halohydrocarbonoxy wherein at least two atoms separate the halogen and oxygen atoms, and each Q.sup.2 independently is hydrogen, halogen, primary or secondary lower alkyl, phenyl, haloalkyl, hydrocarbonoxy or halohydrocarbonoxy.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The composition of claim 1, wherein said polyphenylene ether of said alkali metal salt is a homopolymer of 2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition further comprises at least one additive selected from the group consisting of unmodified polyphenylene ether, compatibilizing agents, pigments, fillers, reinforcing agents, stabilizers, antioxidants, lubricants, plasticizers, impact modifiers and other nucleating agents.

### Claim 12 (depends on 2)

The composition of claim 2, wherein said polyalkylene terephthalate is PET.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The composition of claim 1, wherein said thermoplastic polyester is formed by the reaction of at least one dicarboxylate acid of which at least 20 percent is an aromatic dicarboxylate acid selected from the group consisting of terephthalate acid, isophthalic acid, naphthalene dicarboxylate acid, diphenyl ether dicarboxylic acid, diphenyl dicarboxylate acid, diphenyl sulfone dicarboxylate acid and diphenoxyethane dicarboxylic acid with at least one diol selected from the group of aliphatic diols containing from 2 to 10 carbon atoms.

### Claim 14

A method of achieving crystallization of a thermoplastic polyester upon molding, which comprises:
molding a thermoplastic composition which contains an alkali metal salt of polyphenylene ether as a nucleating agent.