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US 7,524,898 · App. 11/607,682 · Granted Apr 28, 2009

Thermoplastic molding composition having improved toughness at low temperatures and surface appearance

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Patent No.
US 7,524,898
App. No.
11/607,682
Granted
Apr 28, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A thermoplastic molding composition containing polycarbonate, polyalkylene terephthalate and an elastomeric impact modifier is disclosed. The impact modifier that exhibits pH value of less than 7 and contains less than 500 ppm of sodium ions, is characterized in its core/shell morphology, where the core contains polymerized butadiene structural units and shell contains polymerized methacrylate structural units. The core is present in an amount of 40 to 70 percent relative to the weight of the impact modifier, and the glass transition temperature of the shell is greater than 23° C. The composition is characterized in its improved surface quality and toughness at low temperatures.

Claims (14)

1. A thermoplastic molding composition comprising

(a) polycarbonate,

(b) polyalkylene terephthalate and

(c) impact modifier exhibiting pH value of less than 7, a bimodal particle size distribution peaking at 50 nm and 550 nm and containing 1 to 500 ppm of sodium ions, characterized in its core/shell morphology, wherein the core contains polymerized butadiene structural units and shell contains polymerized methacrylate structural units, said core is present in an amount of 40 to 70 percent relative to the weight of the impact modifier, said shell having glass transition temperature greater than 23° C. excluding an impact modifier of which core contains copolymerized styrene where the weight ratio of methacrylate to said styrene is less than 1.5.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polycarbonate is present in an amount of 25 to 95 (pbw), the polyalkylene terephthalate is present in an amount of 5 to 75 pbw and the impact modifier is present in an amount of 1 to 40 percent relative to the total weight of polycarbonate and polyalkylene terephthalate.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polycarbonate is present in an amount of 40 to 80 pbw, the polyalkylene terephthalate is present in an amount of 20 to 60 pbw and the impact modifier is present in an amount of 5 to 20 percent relative to the total weight of polycarbonate and polyalkylene terephthalate.

4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyalkylene terephthalate is polyethylene terephthalate.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyalkylene terephthalate is polybutylene terephthalate.

6. The composition in claim 1 , wherein the impact modifier has a volume average particle size of 10 nm to 2 microns.

7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the glass transition temperature is greater than 80° C.

8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the core is present in an amount of 50 to 70 percent by weight relative to the weight of the impact modifier.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said sodium ion content is 1 to 400 ppm.

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the elastomeric core contains butadiene copolymerized with at least one vinyl monomer.

11. The composition of claim 10 wherein the vinyl monomer is styrene.