Abstract:
Disclosed is a flame-retardant liquid crystal polyester composition, which comprises (A) 100 wt. parts of a liquid crystal polyester comprising structural units of the following formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV), in which the amount of units (I) and (II) is 77 to 95 mole% based on the sum of units (I), (II) and (III), the amount of units (III) is 23 to 5 mole% based on the sum of units (I), (II) and (III), and the units (I)/units (II) molar ratio is 75/25 - 95/5 and (B) 0.5 to 30 wt. parts of a polymeric flame retardant having an average dispersed particle diameter not larger than 2.5 mu m: &lparstr& O-R1-O &rparstr& (II), &lparstr& OCH2CH2-O &rparstr& (III), and &lparstr& CO-R2-CO &rparstr& (IV) wherein R1 and R2 are specific aromatic residues. This composition gives a molded article having a superior flame retardancy, heat resistance, mechanical properties, and appearance.
Abstract:
A flame-retardant thermotropic polyester composition comprises 100 parts by weight of thermotropic polyester (A) and 0.5 to 60 parts by weight of poly(bromostyrene) (B) having the following structural units produced from bromostyrene monomer, as the principal structural component thereof, and having a number average molecular weight of 1 x 10 to 30 x 10 ; has excellent flame retardancy, mechanical properties and heat resistance, and the shaped articles molded from the composition has also superior appearance.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a flame-retardant liquid crystal polyester composition, which comprises (A) 100 wt. parts of a liquid crystal polyester comprising structural units of the following formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV), in which the amount of units (I) and (II) is 77 to 95 mole% based on the sum of units (I), (II) and (III), the amount of units (III) is 23 to 5 mole% based on the sum of units (I), (II) and (III), and the units (I)/units (II) molar ratio is 75/25 - 95/5 and (B) 0.5 to 30 wt. parts of a polymeric flame retardant having an average dispersed particle diameter not larger than 2.5 mu m: &lparstr& O-R1-O &rparstr& (II), &lparstr& OCH2CH2-O &rparstr& (III), and &lparstr& CO-R2-CO &rparstr& (IV) wherein R1 and R2 are specific aromatic residues. This composition gives a molded article having a superior flame retardancy, heat resistance, mechanical properties, and appearance.
Abstract:
A flame-retardant thermotropic polyester composition comprises 100 parts by weight of thermotropic polyester (A) and 0.5 to 60 parts by weight of poly(bromostyrene) (B) having the following structural units produced from bromostyrene monomer, as the principal structural component thereof, and having a number average molecular weight of 1 x 10 to 30 x 10 ; has excellent flame retardancy, mechanical properties and heat resistance, and the shaped articles molded from the composition has also superior appearance.
Abstract:
Polyesters capable of giving moldings having excellent flowability, heat resistance, and mechanical properties. The polyesters are prepared by copolymerizing a specific amount of a polyester comprising p-hydroxybenzoic acid, 4,4'-dihydroxybiphenyl or hydroquinone and terephthalic acid or both terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid with a specific amount of a specific dihydroxy compound such as t-butylhydroquinone, phenylhydroquinone or the like.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polyester resin composition capable of giving a molding having massive feeling, texture and gloss characteristic to porcelains and also having shock resistance and chemical resistance. SOLUTION: The polyester resin composition is composed of 12-64 wt.% of the following component (a), 6-48 wt.% of the following component (b) and 70-20 wt.% of the following component (c), the total of the components being 100 wt.%: (a) polybutylene terephthalate, (b) a polyester resin having a crystallization rate smaller than that of the polybutylene terephthalate resin or an amorphous resin, and (c) a barium sulfate component consisting of 97-60 wt.% of barium sulfate crystals having an average particle size of 0.4-2 μm and 3-40 wt.% of barium sulfate crystals having an average particle size of 0.03-0.3 μm, the total of the barium sulfate component being 100 wt.%.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a fiber reinforced liquid-crystal polyester composition excellent in heat resistance, flowability, dimensional stability and resistance to soldering heat by blending a specified liquid-crystal polyester resin with glass fibers. SOLUTION: This composition consists of 50-20wt.% liquid-crystal polyester consisting of structural units of formula I [wherein X stands for at least one group selected from those of formula II; two carbonyl groups of structural units (IV) are at the p- or m-position to each other, wherein at least 50mol% of the carbonyl groups are at the p-positions; and the total of structural units (II) and (III) is substantially equimolar to the structural units (IV)[, having a heat distortion temperature of 190 deg.C or higher and a liquid-crystal initiation temperature of 330 deg.C or lower and forming an anisotropic melt phase with a melt viscosity of 10,000P or lower, and 50-80wt.% glass fibers. This composition is useful for a molded article of which resistance to soldering heat is required.