IP Library Granted Patent US 7,067,609
Granted Patent B2
US 7,067,609 · App. 10/756,410 · Granted Jun 27, 2006

Polycarbonate resin for optical disk substrate and optical disk substrate

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Patent No.
US 7,067,609
App. No.
10/756,410
Granted
Jun 27, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin that has a viscosity average molecular weight of from 10,000 to 17,000 and has characteristic features in an iron content, a free total phenol content, a content of a releasing agent, a fraction of hydroxyl end groups, a 1 H-NMR spectrum or the like. The polycarbonate resin has less defects due to flash without increase of an addition amount of a releasing agent to an unnecessary level and therefore is suitable for a material of an optical disk substrate.

Claims (16)

1. A polycarbonate resin composition, comprising:

a polycarbonate resin; and

150 to 350 ppm of a fatty acid monoester of glycerin;

wherein said polycarbonate resin composition has a viscosity average molecular weight of from 10,000 to 17,000, an iron content of 0.2 ppm or less and a fraction of hydroxyl end groups of less than 7% by mole.

2. An optical disk substrate, comprising:

the polycarbonate resin composition as described in claim 1 .

3. The polycarbonate resin composition as described in claim 1 , wherein said polycarbonate resin is obtained from a purified dihydric phenol,

said purified dihydric phenol being obtained by washing an adduct of the dihydric phenol and phenol with a purified phenol to obtain a washed adduct, and decomposing said washed adduct into phenol and said purified dihydric phenol used to produce the polycarbonate resin.

4. The polycarbonate resin composition as described in claim 1 , further comprising:

20 to 100 ppm of a phosphorous antioxidant.

5. The polycarbonate resin composition as described in claim 3 , wherein said dihydric phenol used for obtaining the polycarbonate resin is bisphenol A.

6. The optical disk substrate as described in claim 2 , wherein said polycarbonate resin composition further comprises

20 to 100 ppm of a phosphorous antioxidant.

7. The optical disk substrate as described in claim 2 , wherein said polycarbonate resin is obtained from a purified dihydric phenol,

said purified dihydric phenol being obtained by washing an adduct of the dihydric phenol and phenol with a purified phenol to obtain a washed adduct, and decomposing said washed adduct into phenol and said purified dihydric phenol used to produce the polycarbonate resin.

8. The optical disk substrate as described in claim 7 , wherein said dihydric phenol used for obtaining the polycarbonate resin is bisphenol A.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Dec 20, 2004
From: IDEMITSU PETROCHEMICAL CO. LTD.
To: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO. LTD.
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