CN115073777A - Polyvinyl alcohol film, method for producing same, and optical film using same - Google Patents

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CN115073777A
CN115073777A CN202110346899.2A CN202110346899A CN115073777A CN 115073777 A CN115073777 A CN 115073777A CN 202110346899 A CN202110346899 A CN 202110346899A CN 115073777 A CN115073777 A CN 115073777A
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Abstract

The invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol film, a manufacturing method thereof and an optical film using the same, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol film has a melting point (Tm) >210 ℃ after being treated by boric acid, the melting point difference Delta Tm of any two positions of the film is less than 3.2 ℃, the polyvinyl alcohol film with the characteristics has uniform color after being stretched and dyed, the problem of uneven dyeing such as color blocks or color spots and the like is avoided, the defect of the optical film manufactured by the polyvinyl alcohol film is improved, and the yield of the optical film is improved.

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Polyvinyl alcohol film, method for producing same, and optical film using same
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film which can be used as an optical film, particularly a polarizing film.
Background
A polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film is a hydrophilic polymer having properties such as transparency, mechanical strength, water solubility, and excellent processability, and has been widely used for an optical film for a packaging material or an electronic product, particularly a polarizing film.
When the polarizing film is manufactured, the PVA film is placed in boric acid solution for stretching and dyeing, dye molecules enter the PVA film through diffusion to be regularly arranged among the PVA molecules, so that the polarizing film can absorb light components parallel to the arrangement direction of the PVA film and pass the light components in the vertical direction to generate the polarizing film with polarization characteristics.
The good polarizing film has the characteristics of uniform color, less color unevenness, no wrinkles and the like, and can provide better optical properties. In order to improve the optical properties of the polarizing film, the prior art may change the viscosity or saponification degree by changing the structure of the polyvinyl alcohol, or adding functional groups (e.g., cationic groups), etc., so as to improve the optical properties.
Disclosure of Invention
Although the prior art provides methods for improving optical properties of a PVA film when the PVA film is used to form a polarizing film, in the prior art, when the PVA film is used to prepare a large-sized optical film, the phenomena of uneven dyeing, color blocks and color spots, or uneven color during stretching often occur, which increases the difficulty of preparing the optical film.
Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film having a melting point (Tm) >210 ℃ measured by a Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) after being treated with 0.2 wt% boric acid, and a difference in melting point (Δ Tm) <3.2 ℃ between any two locations of the PVA film.
In a preferred embodiment, the PVA film treated with the 0.2 wt% aqueous boric acid solution has a crystallization temperature (T) measured by DSC c )<153.5℃。
In a preferred embodiment, the temperature difference of crystallization (Δ T) of the PVA film treated with the 0.2 wt% aqueous solution of boric acid is arbitrarily two locations c )<3.85℃。
In a preferred embodiment, the PVA film has a standard deviation of retardation of <3 nm.
In a preferred embodiment, 0.12g of the PVA film is treated with a 0.2 wt% aqueous solution of boric acid and the aqueous solution has a boron content of 16 to 19ppm after dissolution in water.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an optical film, which is made from the PVA film of the present invention.
In a preferred embodiment, the optical film is a polarizing film.
In a preferred embodiment, the polarizing film has a polarization brightness > 99.8.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a PVA film of the present invention, comprising: (a) stirring a polyvinyl alcohol resin at a heating rate of 4-20 ℃/h, keeping the temperature for 2-4 hours after the dissolution temperature is higher than 100 ℃, and reversing the stirring direction at least twice per hour to form a polyvinyl alcohol casting solution; (b) casting the casting solution to a casting drum; and (c) drying to form the PVA film.
In a preferred embodiment, the rotation speed of the casting drum is 3 to 7 m/min.
In a preferred embodiment, the drying of step (c) is carried out with a hot roll or a floating dryer.
In a preferred embodiment, the maximum/minimum air flow received by the membrane along the width direction within the floating dryer is ≦ 3.0.
In a preferred embodiment, the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution further includes a plasticizer, and the plasticizer is 3 to 30 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin.
In a preferred embodiment, the polyvinyl alcohol resin content in the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution is 10 to 60% by weight.
In a preferred embodiment, the polyvinyl alcohol resin has a degree of polymerization of 800 to 10000.
Compared with the prior art, the PVA film has uniform color after being dyed, can not generate the problem of nonuniform color such as color blocks or color spots and the like, effectively improves the defect of the PVA for manufacturing the optical film, improves the yield of the manufactured optical film, and can be particularly used for manufacturing large-size polarizing films.
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The following embodiments should not be construed to unduly limit the invention. Modifications and variations of the embodiments discussed herein can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, and still fall within the scope of the invention.
The terms "a" and "an" herein mean one or more than one (i.e., at least one) of the grammatical object of the document.
In the invention, the MD is the mechanical Direction (Machine Direction), namely the longitudinal Direction of the PVA film; the TD is Transverse Direction (Transverse Direction), i.e. Transverse Direction of the PVA film.
The method for manufacturing a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film according to the present invention includes the steps of: after preparing a polyvinyl alcohol casting solution, the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution is cast into a casting roller and is dried to form a polyvinyl alcohol polymer film.
Specifically, the method for manufacturing the PVA film comprises the following steps: dissolving the polyvinyl alcohol resin in a solution (e.g., water) in a dissolution tank to form the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution; optionally filtering the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution using a filter; subsequently, the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution is cast to a casting drum using a gear pump (gear pump) and a coater (e.g., a T-die coater); and finally, stripping the PVA film formed on the roller, and carrying out a series of heat treatments of hot rollers and/or drying to obtain the PVA film.
The polyvinyl alcohol casting solution is prepared by dissolving polyvinyl alcohol resin in a dissolution tank, wherein the dissolution temperature in the dissolution tank is >100 ℃, preferably >110 ℃, more preferably >120 ℃, specifically, for example, 105 ℃, 110 ℃, 115 ℃, 120 ℃, 125 ℃, 130 ℃, 135 ℃ or 140 ℃, and the invention is not limited thereto. The temperature of the dissolution tank is preferably raised at a rate of 4 to 20 ℃ per hour, more preferably 5 to 15 ℃, still more preferably 6 to 9 ℃, and more specifically, for example, 4.0 ℃/hr, 5.0 ℃/hr, 6.0 ℃/hr, 7.0 ℃/hr, 8.0 ℃/hr, 9.0 ℃/hr, 10 ℃/hr, 11 ℃/hr, 12 ℃/hr, 13 ℃/hr, 14 ℃/hr, 15 ℃/hr, 16 ℃/hr, 17 ℃/hr, 18 ℃/hr, 19 ℃/hr or 20 ℃/hr, etc., and if the temperature raising rate is too fast, the polyvinyl alcohol resin is liable to be agglomerated, resulting in incomplete dissolution. After the temperature is raised to the desired dissolution temperature, the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution is continuously stirred for 2 to 4 hours, preferably 3 hours, and the stirring direction is changed at least 2 times, preferably 3 times, every 1 hour, for example, 20 minutes clockwise rotation is changed to 20 minutes counterclockwise rotation. The reverse direction of the stirring process can increase the dissolving effect and avoid cluster (cluster) residue in the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution.
The polyvinyl alcohol casting solution is prepared, and the content of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is 10 to 60 wt%, preferably 15 to 40 wt%, more preferably 20 to 30 wt%, specifically, for example, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 wt%, and the like. If the content of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is insufficient, the viscosity of the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution is too low, and the drying load is too large, resulting in poor film forming efficiency in producing a PVA film. On the contrary, if the content of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is too high, the polyvinyl alcohol resin is not easily dissolved and clusters are easily remained, which causes the deterioration of the phase difference uniformity of the PVA film and affects the dyeing uniformity of the subsequent process.
The polyvinyl alcohol resin is obtained by polymerizing a vinyl ester resin monomer to form a polyvinyl ester resin and then performing saponification reaction; the vinyl ester resin monomer includes vinyl esters such as vinyl formate, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl butyrate, vinyl valerate, or vinyl caprylate, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and vinyl acetate is preferable. Further, olefin compounds or acrylate derivatives, and the vinyl ester resin monomer copolymerization copolymer can also be used; the olefin compound includes ethylene, propylene, butylene, or the like, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The acrylate derivative includes acrylic acid, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-propyl acrylate, isopropyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, or the like, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
The degree of saponification of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is 90% or more, preferably 99% or more, to obtain preferable optical characteristics, specifically, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, 99.4, 99.5, 99.6, 99.7, 99.8, 99.9%, and the like. The polymerization degree of the polyvinyl alcohol is between 800 and 10000, preferably 2200 to 10000, such as 800, 900, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, 10000, etc., and the polymerization degree is higher than 800, which has better processing characteristics, but the polymerization degree is not favorable for dissolution if higher than 10000.
In the casting solution, a plasticizer may be contained in addition to the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin to improve the film-forming processability, and usable plasticizers include polyhydric alcohols such as ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol, propylene glycol, or glycerin, etc., and the present invention is not limited thereto, and ethylene glycol and glycerin are preferable. The plasticizer is added in an amount of usually 3 to 30 parts by weight, preferably 7 to 20 parts by weight, more specifically, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 parts by weight, etc., based on 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol resin. If the plasticizer content is insufficient, the formed PVA film is likely to be crystallized, which affects the dyeing performance of subsequent processing. Conversely, if the plasticizer content is too high, the mechanical properties of the PVA film are deteriorated.
The equipment used in the method for manufacturing the PVA film comprises a dissolving tank, a filter, a coating machine and a conveying pipeline connected from the dissolving tank to the coating machine, wherein the equipment is preferably coated with a heat preservation device which can be a metal electric heating wire or a jacket internally filled with liquid, such as oil or water, and the equipment is kept in a uniformly heated heat preservation state by heating the liquid in the metal wire or the jacket, particularly the surfaces of the equipment and the pipeline, so that the polyvinyl alcohol in the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution is prevented from forming gel or cluster due to the surface loss temperature of the equipment or the pipeline. In addition, the temperature of the heat preservation can not be too high, otherwise, part of the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution can be dehydrated or gelatinized to form a scorched or black gel, and the surface quality and uniformity of the PVA film after the subsequent coating and film forming are affected. The heat preservation temperature of the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution at the coating forming position is 80-120 ℃, preferably 90-110 ℃, more preferably 90-100 ℃, specifically 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120 ℃ and the like.
When the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution is cast onto the casting drum, the rotation speed of the casting drum is about 3 to 7m/min, preferably 4 to 6 m/min. When the drum speed is too low, the casting solution tends to be excessively dried, and the phase difference and the melting point tend to be unevenly distributed. Conversely, when the drum speed is too high, the casting solution is insufficiently dried, and the releasability is reduced. In addition, in a preferred embodiment, the temperature of the roller is set to 85 to 90 ℃, specifically, 85, 86, 88, 87, 88, 89, 90 ℃ and the like, and if the temperature of the roller is too high, the casting solution on the roller is likely to have a foaming phenomenon.
The PVA film preliminarily formed on the casting roller is peeled off from the roller and dried to form the PVA film, and the drying process can be carried out on a hot roller or a floating type dryer. The number of the hot roller and the floating dryer is not particularly limited and may be adjusted as necessary. However, in the preferred embodiment, the dry car (i.e., oven) temperature ratio is 2.0-2.4 max/min; when the compartment temperature ratio is too high, the crystallinity tends to be uneven, and the PVA film may react with boric acid unevenly when used for manufacturing an optical film. In addition, the temperature difference between adjacent compartments is preferably 65 ℃ or less, more preferably 60 ℃ or less, and most preferably 50 ℃, and when the temperature difference between adjacent compartments is too large, the phase difference distribution tends to be uneven. Further, the amount of air flow received by the PVA film formed in the width direction (i.e., perpendicular to the machine direction) in the floating dryer is not particularly limited, but the maximum/minimum air flow ratio must be controlled to be 3.0 or less, specifically, 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, or 3.0, for example. Because the place with large air quantity is easy to take away the moisture, the drying degree is large, and the air quantity ratio range can control the air quantity contacted with each position of the PVA film to be the same, so as to achieve uniform drying. In addition, when the air flow ratio is too large, the PVA film reacts with boric acid unevenly and has a phase difference unevenly when used for manufacturing an optical film.
The "treatment with a 0.2 wt% aqueous boric acid solution" according to the present invention is (a) placing about 0.1g of a PVA film in 20g of pure water so that the PVA film is completely immersed below the liquid level of the pure water, and stirring at a stirring speed of 250rpm for 1 hour; (b) taking out the PVA film from the pure water, placing the PVA film in 0.2 wt% boric acid aqueous solution, and standing for 1.0 hour; and (c) taking out the PVA film from the 0.2 wt% boric acid aqueous solution, and placing the PVA film in a closed container to stand and age for 16.0 hours to finish the boric acid treatment. (ii) a In the present invention, a lower boric acid concentration is used, and since a higher boric acid concentration is used, the area of the PVA film which is originally difficult to react is also reactive due to the high boric acid concentration, and therefore, the uniformity of the film is not easy to observe.
The PVA film of the present invention, after boric acid treatment, has a melting point (Tm) >210 ℃ measured with a Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), and the difference in melting point (Δ Tm) between any two places of the PVA film is <3.2 ℃. Specifically, for example, the melting point (Tm) is 211 ℃, 212 ℃, 215 ℃, 220 ℃, 225 ℃ or 230 ℃ or the like, and the present invention is not limited thereto; specific examples of Δ Tm at any two positions of the PVA film include 1 ℃, 1.5 ℃, 2 ℃, 2.5 ℃, 3 ℃ and 3.1 ℃, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
When the PVA film is used for manufacturing an optical film, stretching and dyeing are carried out, for example, a polarizing film containing I is used in the manufacturing process of the polarizing film 3 - 、I 5 - The PVA film is dyed by boric acid aqueous solution of iodide ions, and after boric acid can generate cross-linking effect with an amorphous (amophorus) area of PVA, the iodide ions are fixed to avoid dissolving out the iodide ions. However, after the PVA molecules are crosslinked with boric acid, the crystallinity is reduced, and the melting point is reduced; when the crystallinity is not uniformly distributed, the reaction between the PVA film and boric acid is not uniform, resulting in I 3 - 、I 5 - The iodine ions are not fixed uniformly, which leads to color unevenness. Therefore, the present invention simulates the soaking in boric acid used in the polarizer process by treating the PVA film with boric acid, and the difference between different positions is easily analyzed using a lower boric acid concentration (in this document, 0.2 wt%), and the melting point (Tm) measured by a Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)>Δ Tm of PVA film at 210 ℃ at arbitrary two points<3.2 ℃ the PVA filmThe film has suitable and uniform crystallinity, and when stretched and dyed, a polarizing film having a uniform color can be obtained. The PVA film of the present invention can also be used for producing other stretched and dyed optical films, and is not limited to polarizing films.
Further, the PVA film after boric acid treatment had a crystallization temperature (T) measured by DSC c )<153.5 ℃. Specifically, for example, the crystallization temperature (T) of a PVA film after boric acid treatment c ) 110 deg.C, 115 deg.C, 120 deg.C, 125 deg.C, 130 deg.C, 135 deg.C, 140 deg.C, 150 deg.C or 155 deg.C, etc., and the present invention is not limited thereto.
Further, Δ T of the PVA film treated with boric acid at any two places c <3.85 ℃. Specifically, for example, the boric acid-treated PVA film has Δ T at two arbitrary positions c 0 ℃, 0.5 ℃, 1 ℃, 1.5 ℃, 2 ℃, 2.5 ℃, 3 ℃ or 3.19 ℃ and the like, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
In the invention, the method for DSC measurement comprises the following steps: as shown in FIG. 1, three test pieces of 10cm by 10cm area, left, middle and right, were cut out along the TD direction from one of the MD positions of the PVA film within 40 cm of the end in the TD direction. Then, 0.1g of PVA film was weighed out from each test piece, and the test pieces were placed in a glass bottle, 20g of pure water was added thereto so that the PVA film was completely below the level of the pure water, and a stirring stone was added thereto at a stirring speed of 250rpm and stirred at room temperature for 1.0 hour. Subsequently, pure water in the glass bottle was poured out, 20g of a 0.2 wt% aqueous boric acid solution was added, and after standing for 1.0 hour, the aqueous boric acid solution was poured out to allow the boric acid-treated PVA film to stand still in the bottle closed and ripen for 16.0 hours. Finally, taking out the boric acid-treated PVA film, spreading the boric acid-treated PVA film on an iron disc, drying the boric acid-treated PVA film for 1.0h at 105 ℃, taking out the boric acid-treated PVA film, and analyzing DSC; DSC temperature range of 30-250 deg.C, maintaining the temperature at 30 deg.C and 250 deg.C for 1 min, and recording melting point (T) at the first temperature rise m ) Crystallization temperature (T) at the first temperature reduction c ) Glass transition temperature (T) at the second temperature rise g ). The DSC measuring instrument may be a general purpose DSC instrument, such as DSC: TA Instruments DSC 25.
Further, the PVA film of the present invention has a standard deviation of retardation of <3 nm. Specifically, for example, the standard deviation of the retardation of the PVA film is 0nm, 0.5nm, 1.0nm, 1.5nm, 2.0nm, 2.5nm, 2.9nm or the like, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
Retardation (Retardation) in the present invention refers to the amount of phase change of incident polarized light when light passes through a film, that is, the amount of phase Retardation in nm; the uniformity of the retardation value, which involves the uniformity of molecular orientation and the uniformity of thickness, has a great influence on the subsequent optical film manufacturing process. As shown in FIG. 1, retardation was measured by cutting three 10cm by 10cm test pieces from the left, middle and right sides along the TD direction at one of the MD positions of the PVA film treated with boric acid within 40 cm of the end in the TD direction, and obtaining the numerical values of retardation and statistical data (maximum value, standard deviation, etc.) of all points in the plane.
Further, 0.12g of the PVA film of the present invention was treated with a 0.2 wt% aqueous solution of boric acid and the boron content of the aqueous solution was 16 to 19ppm after dissolving in water. Specifically, for example, 16ppm, 16.5ppm, 17ppm, 17.5ppm, 18ppm, 18.5ppm, 19ppm or the like, and the present invention is not limited thereto. If the content of boron is lower than the content of boron, the color fixing capability of the PVA film in subsequent dyeing is insufficient and poor; if the content of boron is higher than the above, the degree of crosslinking between boric acid and PVA is too high, which is not preferable because it is disadvantageous in the subsequent stretching process.
In the invention, the method for measuring the boron content comprises the following steps: the boric acid-treated PVA film was taken out, passed through pure water, and then placed in a 30ml glass sampling bottle, and 20g of pure water was added thereto, and after fully dissolved, the boron concentration in the solution was analyzed by ICP-OES.
The optical film of the present invention is completed by using the PVA film of the present invention. The optical film includes a polarizing film, a blue-resistant film, a filter, etc., and the present invention is not limited thereto. Preferably, the optical film is a polarizing film, and the polarizing film has a polarization brightness > 99.8.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT (S) OF INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the detailed description and examples. However, it should be understood that these examples are only for helping the easier understanding of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
Examples 1 to 4
Manufacturing a PVA film: the PVA films of examples 1 to 4 were produced by using the method for producing a PVA film of the present invention, in which polyvinyl alcohol resins having melting points (Tm) of 233.21 ℃, 233.24 ℃, 233.01 ℃ and 233.08 ℃ were used as main components of a polyvinyl alcohol casting solution, respectively, and the operating conditions of the production method are shown in Table 1.
Comparative examples 1 to 3
Preparing a PVA film: PVA films of comparative examples 1 to 3 were produced by using, as the main component of a polyvinyl alcohol casting solution, polyvinyl alcohol resins having melting points (Tm) of 233.15 ℃ and 233.17 ℃ respectively, under the same conditions as those for the production of the PVA films of the present invention, and the conditions for the production methods are shown in Table 1.
Examples of the experiments
Analysis of the properties of the PVA film: the PVA films of examples 1 to 4 and comparative examples 1 to 3 were measured for the standard deviation of retardation, and after further treatment with a 0.2 wt% aqueous solution of boric acid, their melting points (Tm), melting point differences (. DELTA.Tm), and crystallization temperatures (T.sub. c ) Crystallization temperature difference (. DELTA.T) c ) Boron content, the measurement results are shown in table 2.
Preparing a polarizing film: the PVA films of examples 1 to 4 and comparative examples 1 to 3 were each immersed in water at about 30 ℃ to swell, and then subjected to first uniaxial stretching in the MD direction, the stretched length being 2.0 times the original length of the PVA film. Subsequently, the PVA film after the first stretching was immersed in an aqueous solution of 30 ℃ containing 0.03 mass% of iodine and 3 mass% of potassium iodide, and subjected to second uniaxial stretching to be stretched in the MD direction, the stretched length being 3.3 times the original length of the PVA film. Subsequently, the PVA film after the second stretching was immersed in an aqueous solution of 30 ℃ containing 3 mass% of potassium iodide and 3 mass% of boric acid, and subjected to third uniaxial stretching to be stretched in the MD direction, whereby the stretched length was 3.6 times the original length. Subsequently, the PVA film after the third stretching was immersed in an aqueous solution of 60 ℃ containing 5 mass% of potassium iodide and 4 mass% of boric acid, and was uniaxially stretched for the fourth time in the MD direction to have a length 6.0 times as long as the PVA film after the third stretching. Finally, the PVA film after the fourth stretching was immersed in an aqueous solution containing 3 mass% of potassium iodide for 15 seconds, and then dried at 60 ℃ for 4 minutes to obtain a polarizing film. The polarizing films obtained in examples 1 to 4 and comparative examples 1 to 3 were measured for polarization and color uniformity, and the measurement results are shown in table 2.
The method for measuring the deflection brightness comprises the following steps: two identical polarizing films were stacked in the same orientation direction, and the light transmittance (H) was measured at the wavelength 0 ) The two polarizing films were stacked with the orientation direction perpendicular to each other, and the light transmittance (H) was measured at a wavelength 90 ) The bias is calculated by the following formula: [ (H) 0 -H 90 )/(H 0 +H 90 )] 1/2
Color uniformity measurement method: two identical polarizing films were orthogonally superimposed, one surface was irradiated with light using a lamp box with a light emission degree of 14000lx, and color uniformity of the other surface was observed and evaluated according to the following rules: o, no color unevenness, delta, weak color unevenness, and X, obvious color unevenness.
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(O: no color unevenness,. DELTA.: slight color unevenness, X: remarkable color unevenness)
As shown in the table 2 below, the following examples,the melting points (Tm) of the PVA films of examples 1 to 4 were all>210 ℃ and any two Δ Tm' s<The polarizing films obtained by using these resins were excellent in color uniformity (no color unevenness) at 3.2 ℃. In contrast, the PVA films of comparative examples 1 to 3 had melting points (Tm) of more than 210 ℃ or Δ Tm of 3.2 ℃ at any two points, respectively, and the polarizing films using them had poor color uniformity, slight color unevenness, and significant color unevenness, particularly comparative examples 2 and 3, which had crystallization temperatures (T ℃) c ) When the temperature is more than 153.5 ℃, the boron content is not 16 to 19ppm or the standard deviation of the retardation is more than 3nm, the polarizing film has obviously poor color uniformity (obvious color unevenness). Thus, the melting point (Tm) of the PVA film is set forth in the present specification>210 ℃ and any two Δ Tm<3.2 ℃, has color uniformity when being used for preparing the polarizing film, and is not easy to generate the problems of color blocks and color spots.
In conclusion, the PVA film has a melting point (Tm) >210 ℃, any two positions of delta Tm <3.2 ℃, and the color uniformity after stretching and dyeing does not generate the problem of color block, color spot and other color non-uniformity, thereby effectively improving the defect of the PVA film in manufacturing the optical film and improving the yield of the optical film, in particular to a large-size polarizing film.
The present invention has been described in detail, and it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the preferred embodiment of the invention, are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

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1. A polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film, characterized in that it has been treated with a 0.2 wt% aqueous solution of boric acid and then measured for melting point (T.sub.m.) by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) m )>210 ℃ and the melting point difference (Delta T) of any two positions of the PVA film m )<3.2℃。
2. The PVA film of claim 1, having a D value after treatment with a 0.2 wt% aqueous solution of boric acidCrystallization temperature (T) measured by SC c )<153.5℃。
3. The PVA film of claim 2, wherein the PVA film exhibits a temperature differential between crystallization (Δ T) at any two locations after treatment with a 0.2 wt% aqueous solution of boric acid c )<3.85℃。
4. A PVA film according to any one of claims 1 to 3 characterised by having a retardation with a standard deviation of <3 nm.
5. The PVA film of claim 4, wherein 0.12g of the PVA film has been treated with a 0.2 wt% aqueous solution of boric acid and the aqueous solution has a boron content of 16 to 19ppm after dissolution in water.
6. An optical film obtained from the PVA film according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
7. The optical film of claim 6, which is a polarizing film.
8. The optical film of claim 7, wherein the polarizing film has a polarization brightness > 99.8.
9. A method for producing a PVA film according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized by comprising:
(a) stirring a polyvinyl alcohol resin at a heating rate of 4-20 ℃/hour, keeping the temperature for 2-4 hours after the dissolution temperature is higher than 100 ℃, and reversing the stirring direction at least twice per hour to form a polyvinyl alcohol casting solution;
(b) casting the casting solution to a casting drum; and
(c) and drying to form the PVA film.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the casting drum is rotated at a speed of 3 to 7 m/min.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the drying of step (c) is by a hot roll or a float dryer.
12. The method of manufacturing of claim 11, wherein the maximum/minimum air flow received by the membrane in the float dryer along the width direction is ≦ 3.0.
13. The manufacturing method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution further includes a plasticizer, and the plasticizer is 3 to 30 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol-based resin.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol casting solution contains the polyvinyl alcohol resin in an amount of 10 to 60 wt%.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol resin has a degree of polymerization of 800 to 10000.
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