Thermoplastic polyester resin composition
View Patent ↗Disclosed is a thermoplastic polyester resin composition excellent in flame resistance, mechanical strength, and laser printability. The thermoplastic resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin (A), 5 to 60 parts by weight of a phosphinate (B) represented by the following formula (1) or (2), 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organosiloxane (C), and 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of a colemanite (D), wherein the organosiloxane (C) is an organosiloxane compound (C-a) comprising organic groups bonding to a silicon atom directly or through an oxygen atom, wherein 40 mole % or more of the organic groups are an aryl group, and/or an organosiloxane polymer (C-b) in the form of solid at 25° C.
1. A thermoplastic resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polyester resin (A), 5 to 60 parts by weight of a phosphinate (B) represented by the following formula (1) or (2), 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an organosiloxane (C), and 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of a colemanite (D), wherein the organosiloxane (C) is an organosiloxane compound (C-a) comprising organic groups bonding to a silicon atom directly or through an oxygen atom, wherein 40 mole % or more of the organic groups are an aryl group, and/or an organosiloxane polymer (C-b) in the form of solid at 25° C.;
wherein R1's and R2 each independently are an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group which may have a substituent; R1's may be the same or different to each other; R3's are an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an arylene group which may have a substituent, or a combination of at least two thereof; R3's may be the same or different to each other; and n is an integer of 0 to 4.
2. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the organosiloxane (C) is the organosiloxane compound (C-a) comprising organic groups bonding to a silicon atom directly or through an oxygen atom, wherein 40 mole % or more of the organic groups are an aryl group.
3. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the organosiloxane (C) is 0.1 to 17 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic polyester resin.
4. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the colemanite (D) is 0.1 to 15 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic polyester resin (A).
5. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the colemanite (D) is 1.5 to 15 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic polyester resin (A).
6. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising 150 parts by weight or less of a reinforcement filler (E), relative to 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic polyester resin (A).
7. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the organosiloxane (C-a) has a weight-average molecular weight of 200 to 10000.
8. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the organosiloxane compound (C-a) comprises a structural unit represented by RSiO1.5, wherein R represents an organic group, and comprises hydroxy groups in an amount of 1 to 10% by weight.
9. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic polyester resin is polyethylene terephthlate or polybutylene terephthalate.
10. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic polyester resin (A) is polybutylene terephthalate.
11. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein 50 mole % or more of the organic groups are an aryl group.
12. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein 40 mole % or more of the organic groups are a phenyl group which may have a hydroxy group as a substituent.
13. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 12 , wherein the content of hydroxy group in the organosiloxane (C-a) is 1 to 10% by weight.
14. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the organosiloxane (C-a) comprises at least one selected from the following M, D, T and Q;
wherein R's each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
15. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the organosiloxane (C-a) comprises the following T;
wherein R represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
16. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 2 , wherein the organosiloxane (C-a) comprises the following T in an amount of 80 mole % or more;
wherein R represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
17. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the colemanite (D) has an average particle size of 1 to 50 μm.
18. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising metal borate.
19. The thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , which is halogen-free.
20. A molded article formed from the thermoplastic polyester resin composition according to claim 1 through injection-molding.