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- the present invention provides alloys comprising thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers (LCPs) and at least one thermoplastic aromatic polyester and at least one compatibilizer.
- LCPs thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers
- High performance plastics are in widespread use in many industries and there is much interest in developing new plastics which are economical and recyclable, as well as high performance.
- the blending and alloying of existing polymers is a cost effective way to produce new high performance plastics which meet these criteria.
- thermoplastic flexible polymers which have been blended with TLCPs include polyimides, polyamides, poly(ethersulfone) (PES), poly(etherimide) (PEI), polyetherketone (PEEK), polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthlate) (PET), polyethylene naphthalate) (PEN), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), and polyarylate.
- thermotropic LCPs are a relatively new class of high performance polymeric materials which combine the advantages of melt processability and outstanding mechanical properties. Because of their rigid backbone structure with flexible spacer groups, commercially available thermotropic LCPs have far higher tensile strength and flexural moduli than conventional polymers. However, thermotropic LCPs are in many cases difficult to process without specialized equipment and very costly as compared with conventional polymers when used alone.
- thermotropic LCPs Blending thermotropic LCPs with other polymers has been shown to improve processability of the other polymers, particularly LCPs based on wholly aromatic chain segments. Furthermore, blending with conventional thermoplastic polymers reduces costs, because less of the very costly LCP is used. Also, because thermotropic LCPs form an ordered phase in the melt (hence, the name thermotropic), they have shear viscosities far lower than other polymers and thus, have potential importance as a processing aid in mixtures with other polymers by reducing the melt viscosity of the mixture. Thermotropic LCP in blends with polyethylene terephthalate (PET), have been reported to act as a "flow aid" at levels of 5-10% by reducing the melt viscosity. In U.S. Patent Nos.
- thermotropic LCP with other polymers such as PET changes the melt viscosity of PET.
- LCP 10% loading
- Crosby O'Brien, G.S. and Crosby, J.M., Proceedings of COMPALLOY '91 Conference. January 30-February 1, 1991, pp. 133-148) described LCP/PTFE blends to improve the flow of PTFE in the melt.
- thermotropic LCPs in blends to provide "reinforcement," especially where the LCP has a very rigid structure has been reported.
- thermotropic LCPs Poly(oxybenzoyl-co-bisphenyl terephthalate), Amoco, and VECTRA ® Poly(oxybenzoyl-co-oxynaphthoyl), Hoechst-Celanese, are thermotropic LCPs which have been much studied as blend components. Crevecoeur, G. and Groeninckx, G., Polymer Eng. Science, 30, 532 (1990), reported that a thermotropic LCP can be used at 5-30% levels in polystyrene so that the LCP forms a disperse phase.
- Blends containing polycarbonates, thermoplastic polyester, and liquid crystalline polymers, wherein the liquid crystalline polymer is present as droplets or low aspect ratio particles are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,262,473.
- compatible blends of the polyester and polycarbonate may be used.
- Other blends are disclosed in, for example, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,070,157 and 5,156,785.
- a blend is a physical mixture of two or more components which typically offers a compromise of properties and economies of the individual components. It is well known that the nature and properties of the interface of components in a blend frequently exert a limiting effect on the bulk properties of a multi-phase blend material. In fact, the physical and mechanical properties of a blend are very often inferior to the mathematical average of the properties of the original components. Blend components can be miscible or immiscible in their behavior toward each other.
- Alloys are different from blends. Although they are also composed of two or more components, alloys exhibit strong intermolecular forces wherein intermolecular bonding between the components of the blend is provided by compatibilizers. This bonding in turn, creates new properties different from those of the original components and often exceeding those of the average of the original ingredients.
- the types of interaction or "chemical bonding" between the components can include, for example, one or more of the following mechanisms: ionic; covalent; molecular inter- penetration; hydrogen bonding; or associative.
- suitable block or graft copolymers are introduced to serve as macromolecular emulsifiers providing covalent bonds that traverse and fortify the blend interface.
- Block and graft copolymers may be generated in-situ through reactive extrusion and blending to generate a compatibilized blend.
- polymers having nucleophilic functional groups are interacted with compatibilizers containing hydrogen to form hydrogen bonding.
- Ionomers have also served as compatibilizers.
- ionic or strong physicochemical interactions are generated across the interface, which in turn enhances compatibilization.
- Compatibilization can also result from the addition of a similar functional group using the "like attract like” theory, such as the use of chlorinated polyethylene to compatibilizer polyvinyl chloride with polyethylene. This has been referred to as "associative" bonding.
- compatibilization has even been demonstrated by the addition of a third immiscible phase component that exhibits relatively low interfacial tension with each of the primary blend components, i.e., those components intended to be compatibilized.
- the compatibilizing effects of the mutually miscible component may result from its presumed tendency to become enriched in the vicinity of the blend interface. Alloying provides a tool to lower the cost of high performance resins while at the same time retaining many of the desirable properties and/or providing improved properties such as increased processabilit .
- the most successful alloying procedures result in a controlled and stable morphology with a singular thermodynamic profile. However, even when alloying is not
- the present invention provides alloys comprising at least one thermotropic LCP, at least one thermoplastic aromatic polyester, and at least one compatibilizer. In one preferred embodiment, two compatibilizers are present.
- Preferred compatibilizers include: (1) copoly ester elastomers;
- ethylene ester copolymers such as ethylene- methyl acrylate copolymers
- copolymers of ethylene and a carboxylic acid or acid derivative such as ethylene-maleic anhydride copolymers
- ethylene ester copolymers such as ethylene methyl acrylate copolymers, grafted with functional monomers
- ethylene copolymer-acrylic acid terpolymers such as ethylene- methyl acrylate-maleic anhydride terpolymers
- terpolymers of ethylene, unsaturated ester and a carboxylic acid or acid derivative such as ethylene-methyl acrylate-methacrylic acid terpolymers
- acrylic elastomers such as acrylic rubbers.
- Copolymers and terpolymers comprising ethylene-methyl acrylate, copolyester elastomers and acrylic elastomers are particularly preferred compatibilizers for use in the present invention.
- a particularly preferred: (i) copolyester elastomer is HYTRELTM HTR-6108 from
- ethylene maleic anhydride copolymer is PolybondTM 3009 from BP Chemicals and Fusabond ® E-MB-226D from DuPont Canada;
- ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride is DSTM 1328/60 from Chevron Chemical Company and Fusabond ® A MG-175D from DuPont Canada;
- ethylene-methyl acrylate-maleic anhydride terpolymer is LotaderTM 2400, LotaderTM 3410, and LotaderTM 5500 from Elf Atochem;
- ethylene-methyl acrylate-methacrylic acid terpolymer is Escor ® ATX-320, Escor ® ATX-325 or Escor ® XV-
- PET polymers include but are not limited to PET (homopolymers and copolymers), polybutylene terephthlate (PBT), PETG (PET modified with cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM)), PCTA copolymers (a polymer of CHDM and terephthalic acid with another acid substituted for a portion of the terephthalic acid), PBT (polybutylene terephthalate), APET (amorphous polyethylene), CPET (cystallizable PET), PCPT (copolyester containing propylene glycol), PEN (polyethylene naphthalate), and PBN (polybutylene naphthalate).
- PET homopolymers and copolymers
- PBT polybutylene terephthlate
- PETG PET modified with cyclohexanedimethanol
- PCTA copolymers a polymer of CHDM and terephthalic acid with another acid substituted for a portion of the ter
- thermoplastic aromatic polyesters include PET homopolymers and copolymers containing terephthalic acid and isoterephthalic acid, and PCTA.
- Especially preferred thermoplastic aromatic polyesters include Eastman Kodak Company's Kodar ® or Eastar ® A150, Kodar ® or EastarTM 9921, Kodapak ® or EastapakTM 7352, Kodar ® or EastarTM 9921W and EastmanTM 1339; Shell's TraytuffTM 8006; DuPont's CrystarTM 1927 and SelarTM PT7067; and Shell's TraytuffTM CPET.
- thermotropic LCPs include wholly or partially aromatic polyesters or copolyesters.
- Particularly preferred copoly esters include XYDARTM, VECTRATM and ZENITETM (E.I. duPont de Nemours).
- Other preferred thermotropic liquid crystal polymers include
- Preferred LCPs for use in the present invention include any such resins with a melt temperature in the range of 250 to 350°C. Particularly preferred LCPs have a melt temperature in the range of 250 to 280°C.
- One preferred alloy in accordance with the present invention comprises thermoplastic aromatic polyester, a wholly aromatic LCP copolyester and an ethylene-methyl acrylate-acrylic acid terpolymer compatibilizer, for example, Escor ® ATX-320, Escor ® ATX-325, or Escor ® XV- 1104.
- Another preferred alloy comprises thermoplastic aromatic polyester, a wholly aromatic LCP copolyester and a ethylene maleic anhydride copolymer compatibilizer such as PolybondTM 3009 or Fusabond ® E-MB- 226D.
- Yet another preferred alloy in accordance with this invention comprises thermoplastic aromatic polyester, a wholly aromatic LCP copolyester and an ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride compatibilizer, such as DSTM 1328/60, or an ethylene acrylate terpolymer grafted with maleic anhydride such as Fusabond ® A MG-175D, or a copolyester elastomer such as HYTRELTM HTR 6108.
- maleic anhydride compatibilizer such as DSTM 1328/60
- an ethylene acrylate terpolymer grafted with maleic anhydride such as Fusabond ® A MG-175D
- HYTRELTM HTR 6108 HYTRELTM HTR 6108.
- Alloys comprising thermoplastic aromatic polyester, LCP and at least two compatibilizers are particularly preferred in the practice of the present invention.
- the compatibilizers are preferably selected from a copolyester elastomer, ethylene-maleic anhydride copolymer, ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer, ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride, ethylene-methyl acrylate-maleic anhydride terpolymer, ethylene- methylacrylate-methacrylic acid terpolymer, or acrylic rubber.
- Preferred two compatibilizer alloys include a PCTA copolymer such as Kodar ® or EastarTM A150, a wholly aromatic LCP copolyester, an ethylene-methyl acrylate-acrylic acid terpolymer and ethylene maleic anhydride copolymer compatibilizer.
- exemplary ethylene-methyl acrylate- acrylic acid terpolymers include Escor ® ATX-320, Escor ® ATX-325, or Escor ® XV-1104 and an exemplary ethylene maleic anhydride copolymers are PolybondTM 3009 and Fusabond ® E-MB-226D.
- the LCP comprises a wholly aromatic copolyester and the compatibilizers are a unsatureated ethylene ester copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride and/or an ethylene-maleic anhydride copolymer.
- the compatibilizers are a unsatureated ethylene ester copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride and/or an ethylene-maleic anhydride copolymer.
- Exemplary unsaturated ethylene ester copolymers grafted with maelic anhydride are the ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymers SP 2205TM and 3306TM, and exemplary ethylene-maleic anhydride copolymers are PolybondTM 3009 and Fusabond ® E-MB-226D.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester/LCP alloy of the present invention comprises a wholly aromatic LCP copolyester and ethylene ester copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride and an ethylene- maleic anhydride copolymer compatibilizer.
- Yet another preferred alloy comprises thermoplastic aromatic polyester, wholly aromatic LCP copolyester, and a copolyester elastomer such as HYTRELTM HTR 6108 and an ethylene maleic anhydride copolymer, such as PolybondTM 3009 and Fusabond ® E-MB-226D.
- the ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymers grafted with maleic anhydride, DSTM 1328/60 and Fusabond ® A MG-175D, and the ethylene maleic anhydride copolymers, PolybondTM 3009 and Fusabond ® E-MB-226D, are particularly preferred when the LCP is VECTRATM A-950. Also preferred when the LCP is VECTRATM A-950 are the compatibilizers PolybondTM 3009 or Fusabond ® E-MB-226D and a second compatibilizer, Escor ® ATX-320, Escor ® ATX-325, DSTM 1328/60, Fusabond ® A MG-
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester/LCP alloys of the present invention are adjusted by adjusting the amount of compatibilizer and, in some preferred embodiments, by the manner in which the components are combined. Because the most expensive component in the alloys of the present invention typically is the LCP, in order to reduce costs it is preferable to keep the LCP content of the composition as low as possible while achieving the desired effect. Hence, in the present alloys the LCPs are used as the disperse phase, whereas thermoplastic aromatic polyester is used as the predominant or bulk phase.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester and LCP When no compatibilization exists between thermoplastic aromatic polyester and LCP, such as when no compatibilizer is present, the , mechanical properties of the resulting blend are low. For example, in films extruded from blends comprising 10% LCP / 90% PCTA (Kodar ® or EastarTM A- 150) a machine direction (MD) tensile strength of only about 6,000 psi and MD tensile modulus of only about 300,000 psi are obtained. Furthermore, the oxygen barrier properties are poor, for example, around 35 to 40 cc-mil/10in 2 -24 hours- 1 atm. It was unexpectedly found that when thermoplastic aromatic polyester/LCP alloys were formed by adding suitable compatibilizers in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, improved mechanical properties and/or lower gas permeation (barrier) numbers were obtained.
- the present invention also provides methods of preparing the alloys described above. These methods include: i. LCP, thermoplastic aromatic polyester and at least one compatibilizer are mixed and melt blended to form an alloy; ii. LCP, thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a portion of the total compatibilizer to be used are mixed and melt blended, the remainder of the compatibilizer is added at a later time and further melt blended; iii. LCP, thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a first compatibilizer are mixed and melt blended. A second compatibilizer is added to the melt blend at a later time and further melt blended; iv. LCP and thermoplastic aromatic polyester are mixed and melt blended and at least one compatibilizer is added at a later time to the melt blend and further melt blended; v.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester is melted under appropriate conditions in an extruder and at a later time LCP and at least one compatibilizer are added to the thermoplastic aromatic polyester and further melt blended; vi. Thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a first compatibilizer are melt blended and at a later time LCP and a second compatibilizer are added to the melt blend and further mixed and melt blended; vii. Thermoplastic aromatic polyester and LCP are mixed and melt blended and two compatibilizers are added to the melt blended and further melt blended; and viii. Thermoplastic aromatic polyester, LCP and two compatibilizers are mixed and simultaneously melt blended. DET ILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
- the LCP/thermoplastic aromatic polyester alloys of the present invention are formed by use of at least one compatibilizer. In one preferred embodiment, two compatibilizers are used to form the alloys.
- the alloys of the present invention comprise from about 0.5 to about
- thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer from about 40 to about 90 weight percent thermoplastic aromatic polyester, and from about 1 to about 50 weight percent compatibilizer.
- the liquid crystalline polymer is preferably present in amounts from about 5 to about 10 weight percent
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester is preferably present in amounts from about 70 to about 93 weight percent
- one or more compatibilizers are present in amounts from about 2 to about 20 weight percent.
- compositions of the present invention contain from about 9 to about 12 weight percent LCP, from about 78 to about 86 weight percent thermoplastic aromatic polyester, and from about 5 to about 10 weight percent compatibilizer.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyesters suitable for use in the present invention are prepared by methods well known in the art.
- a variety of methods for making suitable PET homopolymers and copolymers are well known in the art.
- one suitable PET for use in the present invention is prepared by the reaction of either terephthalic acid or dimethyl terephthalate with ethylene glycol.
- Various copolymers of PET have been developed and are also prepared by methods well known to the skilled artisan.
- Suitable thermoplastic aromatic polyester is also available commercially from a number of vendors.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyesters include Eastman Kodak Company's Kodar ® or Eastar ® A150, Kodar ® or EastarTM 9921, Kodapak ® or EastapakTM 7352, Kodar ® or EastarTM 992 IW and EastmanTM 1339; Shell's TraytuffTM 8006; DuPont's CrystarTM 1927 and SelarTM PT7067; and Shell's TraytuffTM CPET.
- Suitable PCTA copolymers e.g. , Kodar ® or EastarTM A150, for use in the present invention are prepared by the reaction of terephthatic acid isophthalic acid, and cyclohexane dimethanol.
- Kodar ® or EastarTM A150 is one preferred commercially available PCTA for use in the present invention.
- PETs include a PET homopolymer produced from dimethyl terephthalate and ethylene glycol such as Kodapak ® or EastapakTM 7352; a PET copolymer comprising terephthalic acid, isoterephthalic acid and ethylene glycol such as Shell's TraytuffTM 8006; and a CPET such as Shell's TraytuffTM CPET.
- thermotropic LCPs for use in the present invention include wholly and partially aromatic polyesters and co-polyesters such as those disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,991,014, 4,067,852, 4,083,829, 4, 130,545, 4,161,470, 4,318,842, and 4,468,364.
- Preferred thermotropic LCPs include wholly or partially aromatic polyesters or copolyesters.
- Particularly preferred copolyesters include XYDARTM, VECTRATM and ZENITETM (E.I. duPont de Nemours).
- Other preferred thermotropic liquid crystal polymers include SUMIKASUPER ® and EKONOLTM (Sumitomo Chemical), DuPont HXTM, RODRUN ® (Unitika) and GRANLARTM (Grandmont).
- VectraTM A950 sold by Celanese Research Corporation, Summit, New Jersey is one preferred wholly aromatic copolyester. This polymer has been reported to consist essentially of about 25-27 percent of 6-oxy-2- naphthoyl moieties and about 73-75 percent of p-oxybenzoyl moieties, as described in example 4 of U.S. Patent No. 4,468,364 and in G. W. Calundann et al., "Anisotropic Polymers, Their Synthesis and Properties", reprinted from Proceedings of the Robert A. Welch Conferences on Chemical Research, XXVI Synthetic Polymers, November 15-17, 1982, Houston, Texas, pp. 247-291 (see especially pp. 263-265).
- thermotropic LCP Another particularly preferred thermotropic LCP is ZENITETM. This polymer has been reported to consist of hydroxy-benzoic acid/phenyl hydroquinone/dimethyl-napthylene dicarboxylate units.
- composition of the alloys of the present invention a number of variables including, the properties of the polymers to be blended, properties of the compatibilizers, and the amount and ratio of the components, are taken into consideration. These variables are tailored and optimized in accordance with the present teachings to provide alloys to meet a particular end use specification. For example, if high gas barrier properties are desired, then polymers having high individual gas barrier properties are preferably selected.
- the amount of compatibilizer is adjusted to provide intermolecular bonding among the components of the alloy to enhance properties and at the same time, to avoid the formation of a quasi- or pseudo-cross linked network which is not readily processable.
- the compatibilizers for use in the present invention are either miscible with each of the LCP and the thermoplastic aromatic polyester through, e.g., covalent, ionic, molecular inter-penetration, hydrogen bonding or associative interactions as mentioned above, or have interactive miscibility when the LCP and thermoplastic aromatic polyester are present in a common phase.
- the functional groups of the compatibilizer, LCP, and thermoplastic aromatic polyester for use in the alloys are also chemically compatible.
- the LCP to be alloyed with thermoplastic aromatic polyester has an aliphatic type of polyester functionality, such as acrylate or methacrylate, or an aromatic functionality, such as a benzoate or phthalate ester linkage
- preferred compatibilizers will have a functionality, such as a polyester functional group or a maleic anhydride functional group, that is capable of reacting with the polyester group.
- Compatibilizers for use in the present invention are also processable in the melting and processing range of thermoplastic aromatic polyester and the LCP and exhibit temperature stability at the intended processing temperature.
- temperature stability is meant that a component of the alloy essentially retains its chemical functionality and, hence, its interfacial interaction with the other components of the alloy with which it interacts, If one of the components were not thermally stable, it is possible that the compatibilization achieved could fail on subsequent processing.
- Preferred alloys of the present invention comprise at least one thermotropic LCP, thermoplastic aromatic polyester, and at least one compatibilizer.
- Particularly preferred embodiments include two or more compatibilizers, wherein at least one compatibilizer interacts with the LCP and at least one interacts with the thermoplastic aromatic polyester.
- the ratios of compatibilizers to each other and in the total composition are adjusted to achieve alloys having the desired properties as is shown in the examples which follow.
- the following compatibilizers are particularly preferred in the practice of the present invention wherein components of me alloy comprise thermoplastic aromatic polyesters and wholly aromatic esters and copolyesters liquid crystal polymers, such as VECTRATM and XYDARTM: i.
- Copolyester elastomers such as HYTRELTM HTR-6108 from DuPont; ii. Ethylene maelic anhydride copolymers including HDPE grafted with maleic anhydride, such as PolybondTM 3009 from BP Chemicals, and a linear low density polyethylene-maleic anhydride graft such as Fusabond ® E-MB-226D from DuPont of Canada; iii. Ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymers, such as SP 2205TM and SP3306TM from Chevron
- Ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymers grafted with maleic anhydride such as DSTM 1328/60 from Chevron Chemical Company and Fusabond ® A MG-175D from DuPont Canada
- Ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer such as
- Ethylene-methyl-methacrylic acid terpolymers ethylene-methyl acrylate-acrylic acid terpolymers
- Escor ® ATX-320 Escor ®
- Acrylic rubber such as VAMACTM Gl from DuPont.
- the alloys of the present mvention can be extruded to form various articles of manufacture such as films and tubes useful, e.g., in food packaging, electronic circuit substrates and structural applications.
- the films can be thermoformed to provide, e.g., trays, blow molded to, e.g., form containers, and otherwise processed by known methods.
- articles of manufacture comprising the alloys of the present invention are provided with a thin coating of, e.g., glass, metal or another polymer both to protect the article and to provide suitable means to affix labels and the like.
- tensile strength was increased by up to more than 2 times and tensile modulus was increased up to more than 3 times over that of the blend without compatibilizer. In many instances, values above 10,000 psi and tensile strength and/or above 500,000 psi and tensile modulus were obtained.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyesters including PCTA and PET homopolymers, a wholly aromatic copolyester LCP, and a compatibilizer selected from a copolyester elastomer; a copolyester elastomer and an ethylene ester copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride; or an ethylene-methyl acrylate-methacrylic acid terpolymer.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester wholly aromatic copolyester
- ethylene-methyl-methacrylic acid terpolymer e.g., Escor ® ATX-320 or -
- a number of films extruded from the alloys of the present invention yielded low oxygen permeation values, ranging from about 18 to 30, well below the 36 to 40 cc-mil/10in 2 -24 hours- 1 atm expected for Kodar ® or EastarTM A 150 and in another case ranging from about 8 to 22, well below the about 28 cc-mil/10in 2 -24 hours- 1 atm expected for Kodapak ® or EastapakTM 7352.
- films extruded from alloys comprising PCTA such as Kodar ® or EastarTM A 150, a wholly aromatic copolyester LCP and a copolyester elastomer such as HYTRELTM HTR-6108 had excellent barrier properties. Also, films extruded from alloys comprising thermoplastic aromatic polyester, a copolyester elastomer, such as HYTRELTM HTR-6108, a wholly aromatic copolyester, and ethylene maleic anhydride copolymer, such as PolybondTM 3009, had excellent oxygen barrier properties, e.g., from about 21 to 23 cc-mil/10in 2 -24 hours- 1 atm.
- compatibilitizer to obtain the desired reduction in permeability will vary depending upon run conditions but such optimum amounts are readily determined by the skilled artisan in view of the present teachings.
- Optional components well known to the skilled artisan may be added to alloys of the present invention provided that they do not interfere with formation or with the desired final properties of an alloy.
- Such additives includes fillers and pigments, lubricants, mold release agents, plasticizers, ultraviolet stabilizers and so forth.
- compatibilizers are used either alone or in various combinations with LCP and thermoplastic aromatic polyester to achieve the desired results. They are also used in single step and sequential compatibilization methods as described below.
- the following methods have been found to provide alloys having improved properties which can be used, e.g., to provide films having improved properties over films of LCP and thermoplastic aromatic polyester blends. These methods include: i. LCP, thermoplastic aromatic polyester and at least one compatibilizer are mixed and melt blended to form an alloy; ii. LCP, thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a portion of the total compatibilizer to be used are mixed and melt blended, the remainder of the compatibilizer is added at a later time and further melt blended; iii.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a first compatibilizer are mixed and melt blended.
- a second compatibilizer is added to the melt blend at a later time and further melt blended;
- LCP and thermoplastic aromatic polyester are mixed and melt blended and at least one compatibilizer is added at a later time to the melt blend and further melt blended;
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester is melted under appropriate conditions in an extruder and at a later time LCP and at least one compatibilizer are added to the thermoplastic aromatic polyester and further melt blended; vi.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a first compatibilizer are melt blended and at a later time LCP and a second compatibilizer are added to the melt blend and further mixed and melt blended; vii.
- LCP are mixed and melt blended and two compatibilizers are added to the melt blended and further melt blended; and viii.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester, LCP and two compatibilizers are mixed and simultaneously melt blended.
- the properties of the alloy are controlled to enable the production of articles of manufacture, e.g., films, which have improved properties over the properties of a similar article of manufacture composed solely of thermoplastic aromatic polyester or of LCP and thermoplastic aromatic polyester.
- the meld blend is extruded, e.g., through a slot die, a circular, counter-rotating die, or a circular rotating trimodal die.
- the methods of the present invention provide a great deal of flexibility to achieve the desired compatibilization through the wide array of possibilities for the compatibilizers to interact with the major components of the alloy, which is the object of the compatibilization.
- the methods of the present invention provide an innovative yet efficient way to achieve the desired end results.
- Chevron DSTM 1328/60 an anhydride- grafted ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer
- PolybondTM 3009 an anhydride- grafted ethylene-methyl acrylate copolymer
- VECTRATM A-950 were added to the mixture and further melt blended to produce alloys which were extruded to produce films having greatly improved mechanical properties.
- a tensile strength of 14,800 psi was obtained in one film extruded from an alloy made by feeding 5% of the Chevron DSTM 1328/60 in the hopper with the thermoplastic aromatic polyester, and then by feeding 2% PolybondTM 3009 with the LCP VECTRATM A-950 into the vent feed port.
- Escor ® ATX-325 an ethylene- methyl-methacrylic acid terpolymer
- PolybondTM 3009 and VectraTM A950 were added to the mixture and further melt blended.
- a tensile modulus value of 1.09 million psi was obtained in a film extruded from an alloy made by feeding 5% of Exxon ATXTM 320 in the hopper with the PAT, and then feeding 2% PolybondTM 3009 with the LCP VECTRATM A-950 into the vent feed port. Accordingly, it can be seen that films produced from the alloys of the present invention have surprisingly improved properties over films of LCP and PAT blends or of PAT alone.
- Extrusion conditions such as processing temperatures, rotation speed of the screw, feed rate and through put were optimized for the particular alloy by taking into consideration the properties of the polymers being melt blended to form the alloy, including resulting viscosity of the melt blend.
- higher shear screw configurations were found to give better dispersions of the LCP and better compatibilization resulting in alloys that could be used to produce films having improved properties.
- Typical temperatures employed for the processing were 525 to 620 °F.
- the rotation rate of the screw was, typically between 50 to 300 rpm.
- the alloy components are appropriately conditioned, e.g., dried and then fed to the extruder using conventional methods.
- the components can be melt blended and extruded to form pellets.
- the pellets can then be extruded or injection molded to form the desired article of manufacture.
- the dry components can be blended, fed into the extruder, and extruded, e.g., to a film directly.
- the masterblending or masterbatching technique in which typically, a blend of two components is processed into pellets to form the "masterblend" can also be used.
- the masterblend can be run through an extruder a second time with additional components added in accordance with the teachings of the present invention. This is a convenient method of manufacture, because an inventory of masterblend material can be made and then combined with different components as desired.
- One advantage to the masterblending process is that small and very controlled amounts of additional components can be added to the masterblend. For example, if the masterbatch has 10% LCP, the masterbatch can be passed through the extruder again with, for example, 10% of the masterbatch and 90% of the other polymers, providing a masterbatch that is 1 % in LCP.
- Fusabond ® A MG-175D which has a melt temperature of about 45°C. It can be added over time at the vent feed with the LCP. However, in one preferred method of the present invention the LCP and low melt temperature compatibilizer are masterbatched, thus allowing greater control over the processing of this low melt temperature component which is also present at a low concentration.
- alloy components should be appropriately treated, e.g., dried, before processing as would be readily apparent to the skilled artisan.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyesters used are indicated as follows: Kodar ® or EastarTM A150 as “A150, " or Kodar ® or EastarTM 9921 as “9921, “ or Kodapak ® or EastapakTM 7352 as “7352” and Shell's TraytuffTM CPET as “CPET.”
- the VECTRATM LCP is indicated as "A950. " "Ten Yld St.” indicates Tensile Yield Strength; and “Ten. Mod. " indicates Tensile Modulus Values.
- compatibilizers listed are identified as follows: HYTRELTM HTR-6108 as Hytrel 6108; PolybondTM 3009 as “BP3009”; SP 2205TM as “SP2205”; DSTM 1328/60 as “Chev DS”; LotaderTM
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a portion of the total compatibilizer to be used are mixed and melt blended, the remainder of the compatibilizer is added at a later time and further melt blended.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a first compatibilizer are mixed and melt blended.
- a second compatibilizer is added to the melt blend at a later time and further melt blended.
- LCP and thermoplastic aromatic polyester are mixed and melt blended and at least one compatibilizer is added at a later time to the melt blend and further melt blended.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester is melted under appropriate conditions in an extruder and at a later time LCP and at least one compatibilizer are added to the PET and further melt blended.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a first compatibilizer are melt blended and at a later time LCP and a second compatibilizer are added to the melt blend and further mixed and melt blended.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester & LCP are mixed and melt blended and two compatibilizers are added to the melt blended and further melt blended.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester, LCP and two compatibilizers are mixed and simultaneously melt blended in an extruder and extruded through a slot die.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester, LCP and two compatibilizers are mixed and simultaneously melt blended and extruded through a circular, counter-rotating die.
- Thermoplastic aromatic polyester and a first compatibilizer are melt blended and, at a later time, LCP and a second compatiblizer are added to the melt and further mixed and melt blended and extruded using a circular rotating trimodal die.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester & LCP No Comi
- LCP thermoplastic aromatic polyester and one compatibilizer are added to the hopper feed and melt blended to form an alloy.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester and one compatibilzer are added to the hopper feed and LCP and Fusabond 226 are added at the vent feed and melt blended to form an alloy.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester and compatibilizer are added to the hopper feed and melt blended to form an alloy.
- thermoplastic aromatic polyester and compatibilizer are added to the hopper feed and melt blended to form an alloy
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