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US 9,074,133 B2Granted
Thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer with improved low shear viscosity
AssigneeTicona LLC
InventorsKamlesh P. Nair, Steven D. Gray
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AssigneeTicona LLC
InventorsKamlesh P. Nair, Steven D. Gray
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A thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer melt polymerized in the presence of a viscosity modifier that can help increase the “low shear” viscosity of the resulting composition is provided. The increased “low shear” viscosity can minimize drooling of the polymer composition during processing and also allow it to possess a greater melt strength, which facilitates its ability to be processed in a wide variety of applications without losing its physical integrity. Despite having a relatively high “low shear” viscosity, the present inventors have discovered that the viscosity modifier does not substantially increase the “high shear” melt viscosity of the polymer composition. In this regard, the ratio of the “low shear” viscosity to the melt viscosity is generally very high, such as within a range of from about 50 to about 1000.
A thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer composition that comprises a liquid crystalline polymer melt polymerized in the presence of an aromatic amide oligomer, wherein the polymer composition exhibits a certain complex viscosity determined by a parallel plate rheometer at an angular frequency of 0.15 radians per second, temperature of 350° C., and constant strain amplitude of 1%, and a certain melt viscosity determined by a capillary rheometer at a shear rate of 1000 seconds−1 and temperature of 350° C., wherein the ratio of the complex viscosity to the melt viscosity is from about 50 to about 1000.
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