Reflector for light-emitting device, and light-emitting device
The present invention relates to a reflector for a light-emitting device consisting of (A) an polyamide composition comprising a polyamide polymerized from (a) a dicarboxylic acid comprising at least 50 mol % of an alicyclic dicarboxylic acid and (b) a diamine comprising at least 50 mol % of a diamine with a branched main chain.
1. A reflector for a light-emitting device consisting of a polyamide composition comprising (A) a polyamide polymerized from (a) a dicarboxylic acid comprising at least 50 mol % of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and (b) a diamine comprising at least 50 mol % of diamine with a branched main chain, wherein the glass transition temperature of the polyamide is not less than 110° C., and wherein when the amount of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid is less than 80 mol % of the dicarboxylic acid, at least 20 mol % of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid is also present.
2. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the diamine with a branched main chain is 2-methylpentamethylenediamine.
3. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein a melting point of (A) the polyamide is 270 to 350° C.
4. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the trans isomer content in (A) the polyamide is 50 to 85 mol %.
5. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the polyamide composition comprises (B) a white pigment.
6. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein (B) the white pigment comprises titanium oxide having a number average particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.8 μm.
7. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein (B) the titanium oxide is subjected to inorganic coating and/or organic coating.
8. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein an ignition loss of (B) the titanium oxide is 0.7 to 2.5% by mass.
9. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the polyamide composition comprises (C) an amine light stabilizer.
10. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the polyamide composition comprises (D) a phenol heat stabilizer.
11. The reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the polyamide composition comprises one or more inorganic fillers selected from the group consisting of (E) glass fibers, potassium titanate fibers, talc, wollastonite, kaolin, mica, calcium carbonate, and clay.
12. A light-emitting device comprising the reflector for a light-emitting device according to claim 1 .
13. A reflector for a light-emitting device consisting of a polyamide composition comprising:
(A) 55 to 95% by mass of a polyamide polymerized from (a) a dicarboxylic acid comprising at least 50 mol % of 1,4-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid and (b) a diamine comprising at least 50 mol % of a diamine with a branched main chain, wherein the glass transition temperature of the polyamide is not less than 110° C., and wherein when the amount of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid is less than 80 mol % of the dicarboxylic acid, at least 20 mol % of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid is also present,
(B) 5 to 45% by mass of titanium oxide,
(C) 0 to 1% by mass of an amine light stabilizer,
(D) 0 to 1% by mass of a phenol heat stabilizer, and
(E) 0 to 25% by mass of an inorganic filling material
based on the whole mass.