EP0067854A1 - Compositions de polyester-carbonate remplies de graphite - Google Patents

Compositions de polyester-carbonate remplies de graphite

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EP0067854A1
EP0067854A1 EP82900466A EP82900466A EP0067854A1 EP 0067854 A1 EP0067854 A1 EP 0067854A1 EP 82900466 A EP82900466 A EP 82900466A EP 82900466 A EP82900466 A EP 82900466A EP 0067854 A1 EP0067854 A1 EP 0067854A1
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Kenneth Frederick Miller
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    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08K—Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients
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    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
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  • This invention relates to reinforced thermoplastic molding compositions. More particularly, it relates to thermoplastic molding compositions containing a polyester-carbonate resin and graphite fibers.
  • Polyester-carbonate resins and the methods for their preparation are well known in the art as disclosed in U.S. Patents 3,303,331; 3,169,121 and 3,207, 814.
  • Other prior art discloses of polyester-carbonates and methods of their preparation include U.S. Patent 4,189,549 which discloses polyester-carbonate compositions which are obtained from a melt polymerization process employing para hydroxy benzoic acid; U.S.
  • Patent 4,156,069 which discloses a process for preparing an alternating ester-carbonate block copolymer from dihydric phenols, dicarboxylic acid dihalides, phosgene and a molecular weight regulator all in the presence of pyridine; and U.S.Patent 4,194,038 which discloses a process for preparing poly(ester-carbonates) from dihydric phenols, especially bisphenol A, aromatic or cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acids, especially terephthalic acid, and phosgene as a carbonate precursor wherein a reaction of the acid and phosgene is carried out in a first stage forming dicarboxylic acid chloride and then phosgene and bisphenol A are added in separate streams, simultaneously during most of the second or condensation stage.
  • polyester-carbonates are desirable as such resins are in general easy to process and result in economic savings in both manufacturing and materials cost.
  • the use of these resins is somewhat limited as they do not generally exhibit all of the highly desirable physical properties of high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonates.
  • polyester-carbonate resin compositions can be obtained whose physical properties permit them to be used in a broader range of applications than was previously possible. This is accomplished by adding graphite fibers to the polyester-carbonate resin composition.
  • polyester-carbonates which may be employed in the compositions of the present invention is described in U.S. Patents 3,030,331; 3,169,121; 4,194,038 and 4,156,069, as well as in co-pending application Serial No. 33,389 filed April 26, 1979 and assigned to the same Assignee as the instant application, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the polyester-carbonates can generally be termed copolyesters containing carbonate groups, carboxylate groups, and aromatic carbocyclic gorups in the polymer chain, in which at least some of the carboxylate groups and at least some of the carbonate groups are bonded directly to ring carbon atoms of the aromatic carbocyclic groups.
  • These polyester-carbonates are, in general, prepared by reacting a difunctional carboxylic acid or a reactive derivative of the acid such as the acid dihalide, a dihydric phenol and a carbonate precursor.
  • dihydric phenols useful in formulating the polyester-carbonates useful in the practice of the present invention in general are represented by the general formula
  • A represents an aromatic group such as phenylene, biphenylene, naphthylene, etc.
  • E may be an alkylene or alkylidene group such as methylene, ethylene, propylene, propylidene, isopropylidene, butylene, butylidene, isobutylidene, amylene, isoamylene, amylidene, isoamylidene, etc.
  • E is an alkylene or alkylidene group, it may also consist of two or more alkylene or alkylidene groups, connected by a non-alkylene or non-alkylidene group such as an aromatic linkage, a tertiary amino linkage, an ether linkage, a carbonyl linkage, a silicon-containing linkage, or by a sulfur-containing linkage such as sulfide, sulfoxide, sulfone, etc.
  • E may be a cycloaliphatic group (e.g.
  • cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl a sulfur-containing linkage such as sulfide, sulfoxide or sulfone; an ether linkage; a carbonyl group; a tertiary nitrogen group; or a silicon-containing linkage such as silane or siloxy.
  • sulfur-containing linkage such as sulfide, sulfoxide or sulfone
  • ether linkage such as a carbonyl group; a tertiary nitrogen group; or a silicon-containing linkage such as silane or siloxy.
  • R represents hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon group such as alkyl (methyl, ethyl, propyl, etc.), aryl (phenyl, naphthyl, etc.), aralkyl (benzyl, ethylphenyl, etc.) or cycloaliphatic (cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, etc.)
  • Y may be an inorganic atom such as a halogen (fluorine, bromine, chlorine, iodine), an inorganic group such as the nitro group, an organic group such as R above, or an oxy group such as OR, it being only necessary that Y be inert to and unaffected by the reactants and the reaction conditions.
  • Y substituent when more than one Y substituent is present, they may be the same or different. The same holds true for the R substituent.
  • s is zero in Formula I and u is not zero, the aromatic rings are directly joined with no intervening alkylene or other bridge.
  • the positions of the hydroxyl groups and Y on the aromatic nuclear residues A can be varied in the ortho, meta, or para positions and the groupings can be in a asymmetrical or symmetrical relationship, where two or more ring carbon atoms of the aromatic hydrocarbon residue are substituted with Y and hydroxyl group.
  • dihydric phenol compounds falling within the scope of Formula I which can be used in the preparation of the polyester-carbonates useful in the practice of the present invention include: 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane (bisphenol A); 2,4'-dihydroxydiphenylmethane; bis-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-methane; bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-methane; bis-(4-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)-methane; bis-(4-hydroxy-2,6-dimethyl-3-methoxyphenyl)-methane; 1,1-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-ethane; 1,1-bis-(4-hydroxy-2-chlorophenyl)-ethane; 2,2-bis-(3-phenyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane; bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-cyelohexylmethane; and 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-pheny
  • dihydric phenols may be used alone or as mixtures of two or more different dihydric phenols.
  • any difunctional carboxylic acid, or its reactive derivative such as the acid dihalide conventionally used in the preparation of polyesters may be used for the preparation of the polyester-carbonates useful in formulating the compositions of the present invention.
  • carboxylic acids which may be used are aliphatic carboxylic acids, aliphatic-aromatic carboxylic acids, or aromatic carboxylic acids.
  • aromatic dicarboxylic acids or their reactive derivatives such as the aromatic acid dihalides are preferred as they produce the aromatic poplyester-carbonates which are most useful in the practice of the instant invention.
  • R 1 represents an alkylene, alkylidene or cycloaliphatic group in the same manner as set out above for E in Formula I; an alkylene, alkylidene or cycloaliphatic group containing ethylenic unsaturation; an aromatic radical such as phenylene, naphthylene, biphenylene, substituted phenylene, etc.; two or more aromatic groups connected through non-aromatic linkages such as those defined by E in Formula I; or an aralkyl radical such as tolylene, xylene, etc.
  • R 2 is either a carboxyl or a hydroxyl group.
  • the letter q represents one where R 2 is a hydroxyl group and either zero or one where R 2 is a carboxyl group.
  • the difunctional acid will either be a monohydroxy (monocarboxylic) acid or a dicarboxylic acid.
  • the dicarboxylic acids or their reactive derivatives such as the acid dihalides are preferred.
  • Rugg is a carboxyl group and R. is an aromatic radical such as phenylene, naphthylene, biphenylene, substituted phenylene, etc.; two or more aromatic groups connected through non-aromatic linkages; or an aralkyl radical.
  • suitable preferred aromatic and aliphatic-aromatic dicarboxylic acids which may be used in preparing the polyester-carbonates useful in the practice of the present invention include phthalic, isophthalic, terephtalic, homophthalic, o-, m-, and p-phenylenediacetic acid; the polynuclear aromatic acids such as diphenic acid, and 1,4-naphthalic acid.
  • acids may be used either alone or as mixtures of two or more different acids.
  • the carbonate precursor may be either a carbonyl halide, a carbonate ester or a haloformate.
  • the carbonyl halides which can be employed herein are carbonyl bromide, carbonyl chloride and mixtures thereof.
  • Typical of the carbonate esters which may be employed herein are diphenyl carbonate, di-(halophenyl) carbonates such as di-(chlorophenyl) carbonate, di-(bromophenyl) carbonate, di-(trichlorophenyl) carbonate, di-(tribomophenyl) carbonate, etc., di-(alkylphenyl) carbonate, such di-(tolyl) carbonate, etc., di-(naphthyl) carbonate, di-(chloronaphthyl) carbonate, phenyl tolyl carbonate, chlorophenyl chloronaphthyl carbonate, etc., or mixtures thereof.
  • haloformates suitable for use herein include bishaloformates of dihydric phenols (bischloroformates of hydroquinone, etc.) or. glycols (bishaloformates of ethylene glycol, neopentyl glycol, polyethylene glycol, etc.). While other carbonate precursors will occur to those skilled in the art, carbonyl chloride, also known as phosgene, is preferred.
  • polyester-carbonates which are preferred in the practice of the present invention are the aromatic polyester-carbonates derived from dihydric phenols, aromatic dicarboxylic acids or their reactive derivatives such as the aromatic acid dihalides, e.g., di-chlorides, and phosgene.
  • aromatic polyester-carbonates are those derived from bisphenol A, aromatic dicarboxylic acids or their rective derivatives such as terephthalic or isophthalic acid or terephthaloyl or isophthaloyl dichloride, and phosgene.
  • polyester-carbonates are those derived from bisphenol A, a mixture of isophthalic and terephthalic acids or isophtthaloyl dichloride and terephthaloyl dichloride in a weight ratio of from 5:95 to 95:5, and phosgene.
  • the polyester-carbonate compositions of the instant invention are formulated by admixing graphite fibers with the polyester-carbonate resin. These graphite fibers may generally have a diameter of between about 0.1 and 0.001 millimeters, and preferable have a diameter between about 0.05 and about 0.005 millimeters.
  • Such graphite fibers are commercially available and are marketed, for example, by Celanese under the tradename Celion and by Union Carbide under the tradename Thornel.
  • the amount of the graphite fibers employed in the practice of this invention may generally vary from between 0.5 to about 45 weight percent based on the weight of the polyester-carbonate resin composition.
  • the composition contains from about 5 to about 30 weight percent of the graphite fibers, and more preferably from about 10 to about 20 weight percent of the graphite fibers.
  • the composition contains more than about 45 weight percent of the graphite fibers the physical properties, such as impact strength and processability, of the resin composition begin to be adversely affected thereby reducing the usefulness of the resin composition in providing molded articles of good quality.
  • the addition or incorporation of these graphite fibers in the aforedescribed amounts in a polyester-carbonate composition results in a composition having improved heat distortion, flame retardance, rigidity and electrical conductivity.
  • the graphite fibers are added to the polyester-carbonate resins and are mixed or blended therewith by generally mechanical means such as stirring, shaking, blending in a mechanical blender, etc., to form the compositions of the present invention.
  • compositions of the present invention may optionally contain other commonly known and used additives such as antistatic agents, antioxidants, mold release agents, colorants, glass fibers, impact modifiers stabilizers, fillers, and the like.
  • EXAMPLE - 1 This example illustrates the preparation of an aromatic polyester-carbonate derived from bisphenol A, a mixture of terephthaloyl dichloride and isophthaloyl dichloride, and phosgene.
  • the resin of this example is prepared by following the single pH profile process disclosed in copending application Serial No. 957,426 filed November 2, 1978 of common assignee and which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • phosgene is added at a rate of 36 grams per minute for 12 minutes while controlling the pH at about 10-11 with 35% aqueous caustic.
  • the polymer mixture is diluted with 5 liters of methylene chloride and the brine phase is separated.
  • the resulting polymer phase is washed with 0.1N HCl (twice) and water (three times) and is then recovered by high pressure steam precipitation to yield a white powder having an IV of 0.5 dl/g in methylene chloride.
  • minor amounts (less than about one part per hundred parts of resin) of a phosphite stabilizer and an epoxy stabilizer.
  • This resin product is then fed to an extruder operating at a temperature of about 600oF to extrude the resin into strands and the extruded strands are chopped into pellets.
  • the pellets are then injection molded at about 650oF into test samples measuring about 2.5" ⁇ 1/2" ⁇ 1/8".
  • EXAMPLE 2 This example illustrates a polyester-carbonate composition falling outside the scope of the instant invention.
  • a polyester-carbonate resin is prepared substantially in accordance with the procedure of Example 1.
  • glass fiber To the powdered polyester-carbonate resin is added glass fiber in an amount of 10% by weight of the resin composition.
  • the glass and resin powder are mixed by tumbling the ingredients together in a laboratory tumbler.
  • the mixture is then fed to an extruder operating at a temperature of about 600oF to extrude the resin composition into strand; and the extruded strands are chopped into pellets.
  • the pellets are then injection molded at about 650oF into test samples measuring about 2.5" ⁇ 1/2" ⁇ 1/8".
  • EXAMPLE - 3 This example also illustrates a polyester-carbonate composition falling outside the scope of! the instant invention.
  • a polyester-carbonate resin is prepared substantially in accordance with the procedure of Example 1.
  • glass fiber in an amount of 20% by weight of the resin composition.
  • the glass and the resin powder are mixed by tumbling the ingredients together in a laboratory tumbler.
  • the mixture is then fed to an extruder operating at a temperature of about 600oF to extrude the resin composition into strands and the extruded strands are chopped into pellets.
  • the pellets are then injection molded at about 650oF into test samples measuring 2.5" ⁇ 1/2" ⁇ 1/8".
  • EXAMPLE 4 This example illustrates a polyester-carbonate composition falling within the scope of the present invention.
  • a polyester-carbonate resin is prepared substantially in accordance with the procedure of Example 1.
  • To the powdered polyester-carbonate resin are added graphite fibers 'in an amount of 10% by weight of the resin composition.
  • the graphite fibers and the resin powder are mixed by tumbling the ingredients together in a laboratory tumbler.
  • the mixture is then fed to an extruder operating at a temperature of about 600 F to extrude the composition into strands and the extruded strands are chopped into pellets.
  • the pellets are then injection mmoollddeedd aatt aalbout 650 F into test samples measuring 2.5" ⁇ 1/2" ⁇ 1/8".
  • This example illustrates a polyester-carbonate composition of the present invention.
  • a polyester-carbonate resin is prepared in substantial accordance with the procedure of Example 1.
  • To the powdered resin are added graphite fibers in an amount of 20% by weight of the resin composition.
  • the fibers and the resin are mixed by tumbling the ingredients together.
  • the mixture is then fed to an extruder operating at a temperature of about 600oF to extrude the composition into strands and the extruded strands are chopped into pellets.
  • the pellets are then injection molded at about 650oF into test samples measuring about 2.5'' ⁇ 1/2" ⁇ 1/8".
  • test samples obtained in Examples 1-5 were determined according to the following test procedures:
  • Flexural Yield (FY) and Flexural Modulus (FM) were determined according to ASTM D-790; Flame Retardancy (FR) of the molded samples was determined by subjecting the sample (5 samples for each Example) to the test procedures set forth in Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. Bulletin UL-94, Burning Test for Classifying Materials. In accordance with this test procedure, materials so investigated are rated either V-0, V-I or V-II based on the results of 5 specimens. The criteria for each V (for vertical) rating per UL-94 is briefly as follows: "V-0": Average flaming and/or glowing after removal of the igniting flame shall not exceed 5 seconds and none of the specimens shall drip flaming particles which ignite absorbent cotton.
  • V-I Average flaming and/or glowing after removal of the igniting flame shall not exceed 25 seconds and the glowing does not travel vertically for more than 1/8" of the specimen after flaming ceases and glowing is incapable of igniting absorbent cotton.
  • V-II Average flaming and/or glowing after removal of the igniting flame shall not exceed 25 seconds and the specimens drip flaming particles which ignite absorbent cotton.
  • a test bar which continues to burn for more than 25 seconds after removal of the igniting flame is classified, not by UL-94 but by the standard of the present invention, as "burns". Further, UL-94 requires that all test bars in each test group must meet the V-type rating to achieve that particular classification. Otherwise, the 5 bars receive the rating of the worst single bar.
  • the graphite fiber filled polyester-carbonate compositions i.e., Examples 4 and 5 have a higher flexural yield (FY) and flexural modulus (FM) than the unfilled polyester-carbonate resin, i.e., Example 1, and the polyester-carbonate compositions which contain comparable amounts of glass fibers, i.e., Examples 2 and 3. Furthermore, there is a dramatic increase in the heat distortion temperature of the graphite filled compositions as compared to the unfilled polyester-carbonate resin and a significant increase as compared to the glass fiber filled polyester-carbonate compositions.
  • FY flexural yield
  • FM flexural modulus

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Nouvelles compositions de moulage thermoplastiques comprenant un polymere de polyester-carbonate et des fibres de graphite. Les compositions possedent des caracteristiques ameliorees de rigidite et de temperature de distorsion a la chaleur avec addition de 0,5% a 45% environ en poids de fibres de graphite. Dans un exemple, un polyester-carbonate a ete prepare a partir de bisphenol A, de bichlorure de terephtalalyle, de bichlorure d'isophtalyle et du phosgene. Des fibres de graphite ont ete ajoutees au polymere decrit ci-dessus dans une quantite de 10% en poids.
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