IP Library Granted Patent US 9,139,730
Granted Patent B2
US 9,139,730 · App. 13/258,508 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

(Co)polycarbonates with improved optical properties

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Patent No.
US 9,139,730
App. No.
13/258,508
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to (co)polycarbonate compositions and molding compositions which feature improved optical properties, good flowability, and high heat resistance.

Claims (21)

1. A composition comprising

A) from 99.98 to 99.5 parts by weight (based on the entirety of components A+B) of a high-molecular-weight, thermoplastic, aromatic (co)polycarbonate with molar mass M (weight average) of at least 10 000 g·mol −1 which comprises structural units of the formula (I)

 wherein

R 1 and R 2 represent, independently of one another, hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 -alkyl,

k is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,

B) from 0.02 to 0.5 part by weight (based on the entirety of components A+B) of one or more polyacrylates comprising at least one structural unit of the formula (III):

wherein

R 5 represents hydrogen or a C 1 -C 8 alkyl,

R 6 represents hydrogen or a C 1 -C 4 alkyl,

m is an integer determined via the molecular weight.

2. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the molar mass of the (co)polycarbonate A) is from 20 000 g·mol −1 to 300 000 g·mol −1 .

3. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises from 99.9 to 99.7 parts by weight of component A), and from 0.1 to 0.3 part by weight of component B) (based on the entirety of components A+B).

4. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises from 50 to 5000 ppm by weight of additives, based on the entirety of components A+B, and wherein the additives at least one of UV absorbers, mold release auxiliaries, heat stabilizers, and mixtures thereof.

5. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein structural units of the formula (I) have the following structure (IX)

6. The composition as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the (co)polycarbonate is a random (co)polycarbonate comprising the following structural units (IX) and (X):

and wherein the terminal groups have at least one of the following structures (XI) and (XII):

wherein

R 9 and R 10 are, independently of one another, hydrogen or a C 1 -C 6 -alkyl.

7. The composition as claimed in claim 6 , wherein R 9 is tert-butyl or hydrogen and R 10 is methyl, and the molar ratio of the structures (IX) or (X) is from 2 mol % to 98 mol %, based on the total number of moles of (IX) and (X), and the entirety of the structures (IX) and (X) gives 100 mol %.

8. A process for producing the composition as claimed in claim 1 , comprising mixing at least components A and B, and at an elevated temperature, compounding the mixture in the melt or, respectively, extruding them in the melt.

9. A molding obtained from compositions as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038301 FRAME 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME FROM BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG TO COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG. Recorded Jun 13, 2016
From: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
To: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
Reel/Frame 038966/0865 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 30, 2016
From: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
To: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
Reel/Frame 038301/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2011
From: WEHRMANN, ROLF; HEUER, HELMUT WERNER
To: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
Reel/Frame 026946/0442 →