Polyoxymethylene moulding compositions with improved heat stability and stability against discoloration

Abstract

Polyoxymethylene moulding compositions of the invention comprise (i) at least one polyoxymethylene homo- and/or copolymer, (ii) at least one conventional additive and (iii) at least one polymeric plastics material as an additive for improving the heat stability, and are distinguished in that (iii) is a copolymer which is obtainable by polymerization in bulk of a mixture of A) 60-90 parts of one or more (meth)acrylates, B) 10-40 parts of one or more (meth)acrylamides, C) per 100 parts of A)+B), >0.2 to 5 parts of molecular weight regulator and D) per 100 parts of A)+B), up to 2 parts of lipophilic free radical polymerization initiators, and in that the moulding composition comprises (iii) in an amount of 0.01 to 2 parts, based on the sum of (i)+(ii) where all the amounts relate to parts by weight (wt/wt) and A) and B) together must give 100 parts. By the use of relatively highly regulated bulk co- or terpolymerization for stabilizing POM moulding compositions, advantages over the use of emulsion or suspension bead polymerization result in the heat stability, in the stability against discoloration and/or in the residual monomer contents of POM moulding compositions and shaped articles and shaped films produced therefrom.

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