CA2035345A1 - Polymer mixture having aromatic polycarbonate, polyester and thermoplastic elastomer, articles formed therefrom - Google Patents

Polymer mixture having aromatic polycarbonate, polyester and thermoplastic elastomer, articles formed therefrom

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CA2035345A1
CA2035345A1 CA 2035345 CA2035345A CA2035345A1 CA 2035345 A1 CA2035345 A1 CA 2035345A1 CA 2035345 CA2035345 CA 2035345 CA 2035345 A CA2035345 A CA 2035345A CA 2035345 A1 CA2035345 A1 CA 2035345A1
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Christian M. E. Bailly
Robertus E. De Jong
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8-CB-10,488 ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to polymer mixtures which comprise an aromatic polycarbonate, a polyester, and a thermoplastic elastomer. The polymer mixture comprises a polyester-ester urethane or a polyether imide ester as a thermoplastic elastomer. The polymer mixtures according to the invention have good flow pro-perties.

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8-C~-10,488 Polymer mixture having aromatic polycarbonate, polyester and thermoplastic elastomer, articles formed therefrom.

The invention relates to a polymer mixture which comprises an aromatic polycarbonate (A), a polyester built up entirely or substantially from units derived from an alkanediol and a benzene dicarboxylic acid ( B ), and a thermoplastic elastomer (C).

Polymer mixtures which comprise a copolyether ester, a polycarbonate and optionally a poly~alkene terephthalate) are disclosed in EP-A-0150454. The known polymer mixture comprises 5-100 parts by weight of poly~
carbonate per 100 parts by weight of copolyether ester.
When a polyester is used, the quantity thereof is pre-ferably at most 70% by weight based on the combined weight of the polycarbonate and the polyester. According to this prior art the following properties of the polyether are improved by the addition of a polycar-bonate and/or a polyester to polyether esters: the bending strength, the tensile strength and the processa-bility, while maintaining the impact strength and the elongation. ~`

Polymer mixtures which comprise a mixture ofpolybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate 35 and clay treated w1th silane, acicular calcium metaslli- :~

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8-CB-10,488 -2-1 cate; a combination o~ a seymented copolyester and an aromatic polycarbonate or novaculitP are described in US-A-~, 203, 887 . By adding the last-mentioned consti-tuents to the polyester mixture, this can more easily be processed. A polyether ester block copolymer is used as a segmented copolyester.

EP-A-0,192,065 describes polymer mixtures which comprise 30-90% by weight of polycarbonate, 4-45~ by weight of a polyester ether elastomer and 2-~0% by w~ight of a polyester~ Moreover, the known polymer mix-tures may comprise a rubber-like elastomer. The known mixtures have a good bending modulus, a good flow and have chemical resistance.
Polymer mixtures which comprise a polyether imide ester elastomer, a polyester, a rubber-like elastomer and a polycarbonate are described in the non--prepublished United States Patent Application serial no. 138,~85.

The invention provides polymer mixtures which comprise an aromatic polycarbonate (A) and a polyester (B). It has been found that by the addition of com-paratively small quantities of cer~ain thermoplasticelastomers (C) an improvement of the flow properties can be obtained, while the remaining good mechanical pro-perties and the chemical resistance are maintained.

The polymer mixture according to the invention is characterised in that the polymer mixture comprises a polyester-ester urethane or a polyether imide ester as a thermoplastic elastomer (C).

The polymer mixture according to the invention is preferably composed so that it comprises 40-80 parts . .; ~ . . ~ , :

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Within the above indicated preferred range, two even more preferable ranges are present:

- 65-75 parts by weight of aromatic polycarbon~te (A), 10-20 parts by weight of polyester (B), and 1~10 parts by weight of thermoplastic polymer (C).

- 45-55 parts by weight of aromatic polycarbonate (A), 30-40 parts by weight of polyester (B), and 1-10 parts by weight of thermoplastic elastomer (c).
All the above-mentioned quantities are calculated per 100 parts by weight of A + B ~ C.

As a polyester-ester urethane is preferably used a block copolymer which is built up from polyester--ester units which are bonded by means of groups of the formula Rl[NHC(0~]p, wherein Rl is a polyfunctional group having at most 30 carbon atoms and ~ has a value of 2 or 3, and in which the polyester-ester units are built up from blocks having a number of ester units of the formula -OGOC(0~2C(0) - and blocks having a number of ester units which are capable of forming a bifunc-tional polyester or polyester amide having a melting- :
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As a polyether imide ester is preferably used a block copolymer obtained by reaction of a diol having a low molecular weight, a:dicarboxylic acid, a :
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8-CB-10,488 -4-l poly(oxyalkylene)diamine and a tricarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof.

The polymer mixture according to the invention may moreover comprise one or more conventionally used additives. In many cases it is to be preferred to use in the polymer mixture according to the invention an agent to improve the impact strength.

The invention also relates to articles formed from the polymer mixture according to the invention.

The polymer mixture according to the invention comprises at any rate the following constituents:
A. an aromatic polycarbonate, B. a polyester built up entirely or substantially from units derived from an alkanediol and a benzene dicar-boxylic acid, and ~0 C. a polyester-ester urethane or a polyether imide ester.

A. Aromatic polycarbonate Aromatic polycarbonates are polymers known per se. They are generally prepared by reacting a dihydric phenol compound with a caxbonate precursor, for example, phosgene, a halogen formiate or a carbonate ester.
Aromatic polycarbonates are polymers which comprise unlts of the formula Il --t O - A - O - C )--wherein A is a bivalent aromatic radical which is derived from the dihydric phenol used in the preparation ; ~ ' ' 33~

8-C~-10,488 -5-1 of the polymer. Mononuclear or polynuclear aromatic com-pounds which comprise two hydroxy radicals which are each directly bonded to a carbon atom cf an aromatic nucleus may be used as dihydric phenols in the prepara-tion of the aromatic polycarbonates.

The known branched polycarbonates as described, for example, in US-A-4,001,184 are also suitable.
Suitable aromatic polycarbonates are also the so-called polyester carbonates which are obtained by carrying out the polymer~sation reaction in the presence of an ester precursor, for example, a difunctional car-boxylic acid, for example, terephthalic acid or anester-forming derivative thereof. These polyester car-bonates have ester compounds and carbonate compounds in the polymeric chain. Polyester carbonates are described, for example, in US-A-3,169,121.
B. Polyester The invention relates to polymer mixtures which comprise a polyester having units derived from an alkanediol and a benzene dicarboxylic acid. The polyester may comprise units derived from one or more alkanediol compounds. The polyester may also comprise units derived from one or more benzene dicarboxylic acids. In addition to the alkanediol the polyester may comprise units derived from one or more other diol com-pounds or polyol compounds.

The polyester generally comprises an excess ofunits derived from an alkanediol with respect to the optionally present units derived from other diol com-pounds or polyol compounds.Suitable alkanediol compounds are, for example, ethane-. ~ . ' ' '::
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8-CB-10,488 -6-1 diol or butane-1,4-diol. In addition to units derived from benzene dicarboxylic acids the polyester may also comprise units derived from other dicarboxylic acids or polycarboxylic acids. However, the greater part of the units derived from acids is derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid. Suitable benzene dicarboxylic acids are terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid.

A polyester having more than 70 mol% of units derived from terephthalic acid and butane-1,4-diol is preferably used as a polyester. It is also possible to use two or more different polyesters.

C. Polyester-ester urethane or polyether im1de ester Polyester-ester urethanes are known per se.
They are usually bullt up from polyester-ester units which are bonded by means of groups of the formula Rl[NHC](O)p, wherein Rl is a polyfunctional group having at most 30 carbon atoms and ~ has the value 2 or 3, and in which the polyester-ester units are built up from blocks having a number of ester units of the formula -OGOC(0)R2C(0)- and blocks having a number of ester units which are capable of forming a bifunctionai polyester or polyester amide having a melting-point lower than 100 C, which blocks are bonded together by means of ester bonds, at least 80 mol% of the R2 groups being 1,4-phenylene radicals and at least 80 mol% of the G-groups being a tetra methylene group.
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Such polymers and their modes of preperation are described, for example, in EP-A-0102115, US-A-4,186,257 and US-A-4,228,249.

Polyether imide esters are also known per se.
They are usually obtained by reaction of a diol having a low molecular weight, a dicarboxylic acid, a poly(oxyal-kylene) diamine and a tricarboxylic acid or a derivative :

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8-CB-10,488 -7-1 thereof. Such polymers are described, for example, in US-A-4,~44,734, US-A-4,556,705 and US-A-4,556,688.

In addition to the constituents mentioned hereinbefore the polymer mixture according to the inven-tion may also comprise conventionally used additives.
Suitable additives are pigments and dyes, reinforcing fibres, stabilisers, transesterification inhibitors, flame retardants, mould release agents, etc. The polymer mixture according to the invention preferably comprises an agent to improve the impact strength.

The polymer mlxture according to the inven-tion can be obtained accordlng to any method conven-tionally used for the preperation of polymer mixtures.The polymer mixtures according to the invention are pre-ferably prepared by compounding the individual consti-tuents in an extruder.

EXAMPLES

The following constituents were used in the examples:

PC-l: an aromatic polycarbonate derived from bisphe-nol A and phosgene having an intrinsic visco-sity of 49 dl/g measured in methylene chloride at 25C.
PC-2: an aromatic polycarbonate derived from bisphe-nol A and phosgene having an intrinsic visco-sity of 47 dl/g measured in methyl~ne chloride a~ 25C.
PC-3: an aromatic polycarbonate derived from bisphe-nol A and phosgene having an intrinsic visco-sity of 53 dl/g measured in methylene chloride at 25C. -.

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8-CB-10, 488 -8-1 PBT-l: a polyester derived from butanedlol and terephthalic acld having an intrinsic visco-sity of O . 86 dl/g measured in a 60/40 mixturP
of phenol/tetrachloroethane at 25~C.
PBT-2: a polyester derived from butanediol and terephthalic acid having an intrinsic visco-sity of 1-18 dl/g measured in a 60/40 mixture of phenol/tetrachloroethane at 25O C.
TPE-l: a polyester-ester urethane commercially available as ARNITEL~ UM550.
TPE-2: a polyether imide ester co~mercially available from General Electric as LOMOD~ J10.
IM: an agent to improve the impact strength based on a core-shell graft polymer having a rubber--like core built up substantially from a buta-diene rubber and a hard shell (in powder form).
ST-l: a first mixture of stabilisers~
ST-2: a second mixture of stabilisers.
PE: a polyethene.
20 Pig: a mixture of pigments.
K: a polymer based on (meth)acrylates.
EXL: a similar agent to IM to improve the impact strength, (i~ pellet form).

The constituents mentioned hereinbefore were compounded in the quantities as indicated hereinafter in a single-blade extruder, ad~usted at an average tem-perature of approximately 250 C, and processed to pellets. `
The following properties of the resulting polymer mixtures were determined: the melt viscosity at 280 C and at various shearing rates (according to DIN 54811), the melt viscosity index at 265 C, under a load of 12 N ~according to ~STM 123~), the Izod notched impact strength at varlous temperatures (according to ~: . ,, . : : , ~ . . : . , .

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8-CB-10,488 -11-1 It may be seen from the results recorded in the table hereinbefore that the addition of a com-paratively small quantity (5 parts by weight) of a ther-moplastic polymer TPE-l or TPE-2 leads to an improvement of the flow properties.

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Claims (10)

1. A polymer mixture which comprises an aromatic polycarbonate (A), a polyester built up entirely or substantially from units derived from an alkanediol and a benzene dicarboxylic acid (B), and a thermoplastic elastomer (C), characterised in that the polymer mixture comprises a polyester-ester urethane or a polyether imide ester as a thermoplastic elastomer (C).
2. A polymer mixture as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the polymer mixture comprises 40-80 parts by weight of aromatic polycarbonate (A), 10-50 parts by weight of polyester (B), and 1-10 parts by weight of thermoplastic elastomer (C), calculated per 100 parts by weight of A + B + C.
3. A polymer mixture as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the polymer mixture comprises 65-75 parts by weight of aromatic polycarbonate (A), 10-20 parts by weight of polyester (B), and 1-10 parts by weight of thermoplastic elastomer (C), calculated per 100 parts by weight of A + B + C.
4. A polymer mixture as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the polymer mixture comprises 45-55 parts by weight of aromatic polycarbonate (A), 30-40 parts by weight of polyester (B), and 1-10 parts by weight of thermoplastic elastomer (C), calculated per 100 parts by weight of A + B + C.
5. A polymer mixture as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the polymer mixture comprises as a thermoplastic elastomer (C) a polyester-ester urethane which is built up from polyester-ester units which are bonded by means of groups of the formula R1[NHC(0)]p, wherein R1 is a polyfunctional group having at most 30 carbon atoms and p has a value of 2 or 3, and in which the polyester-ester units are built up from blocks having a number of ester units of 8-CB-10,488 -13-the formula -OGOC(O)R2C(O)- and blocks having a number of ester units which are capable of forming a bifunc-tional polyester or polyester amide having a melting--point lower than 100° C, which blocks are bonded together by ester bonds, at least 80 mol% of the R2-groups being 1,4-phenylene radicals and at least 80 mol% of the G-groups being a tetra methylene group.
6. A polymer mixture as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the polymer mixture comprises as a thermoplastic elastomer (C) a polyether imide ester obtained by reaction of a diol having a low molecular weight, a dicarboxylic acid, a poly(oxyalkylene)diamine and a tricarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof.
7. A polymer mixture as claimed in Claim 1, characterised in that the polymer mixture comprises in addition one or more conventionally used additives.
8. A polymer mixture as claimed in Claim 7, characterised in that the polymer mixture comprises in addition an agent to improve the impact strength.
9. Articles formed from the polymer mixture as claimed in Claim 1.
10. The invention as defined in any of the preceding claims including any further features of novelty disclosed.
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