Polyester resin composition, injection molded article, light-reflecting base body, and light-reflecting body
View Patent ↗A polyester resin composition is provided that exhibits a low shrinkage ratio and excellent mold release properties while maintaining a high mechanical strength, that also provides excellent surface properties and an excellent appearance for a molded article and an excellent appearance when vapor deposited, and that resists the production of fogging even during high-temperature use. An injection molded article, a light-reflecting base body, and a light-reflecting body are also provided. The polyester resin composition characteristically contains 0.1 to 20 mass parts of (B) an inorganic filler having an average primary particle diameter of not more than 2.5 μm, per 100 mass parts of (A) a resin component containing (A1) polybutylene terephthalate resin pellets and (A2) a polyester resin powder.
1. A polyester resin composition, comprising:
(A) a resin component comprising:
(A1) polybutylene terephthalate resin pellets, and
(A2) a polyester resin powder; and
(B) an inorganic filler having an average primary particle diameter of not more than 2.5 μm,
wherein:
a content of the inorganic filler (B) is 0.1 to 20 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the resin component (A); and
the inorganic filler (B) is at least one selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, talc, mica, silica, kaolin, barium sulfate and zirconium silicate.
2. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a blend of the polyester resin powder (A2) and the inorganic filler (B) has a maximum sliding shear stress of not more than 8 N.
3. A polyester resin composition, comprising:
(A) a resin component comprising:
(A1) polybutylene terephthalate resin pellets, and
(A2) a polyester resin powder; and
(B) an inorganic filler having an average primary particle diameter of not more than 2.5 μm,
wherein:
a content of the inorganic filler (B) is 0.1 to 20 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the resin component (A); and
an average particle diameter of the polyester resin powder (A2) is 1000- to 8000-times the average primary particle diameter of the inorganic filler (B).
4. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the polyester resin powder (A2) is 1 to 50 mass % in the resin component (A).
5. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein an average particle diameter of the polyester resin powder (A2) is 100 to 1,500 μm.
6. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio (A2):(B) between contents of the polyester resin powder (A2) and the inorganic filler (B) is 30:70 to 95:5.
7. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polyester resin powder (A2) is a polybutylene terephthalate resin powder.
8. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler (B) is at least one selected from the group consisting of calcium carbonate, talc, mica, silica, kaolin, and zirconium silicate.
9. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic filler (B) is calcium carbonate.
10. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein the resin component (A) further comprises:
(A3) a polyethylene terephthalate resin, (A4) a styrenic resin, or both, and a content of the polyethylene terephthalate resin (A3), the styrenic resin (A4), or both, in the resin component (A) is 1 to 40 mass %.
11. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising:
0.001 to 2 mass parts of a mold releasing agent having an acid value of 10 to 40 mg KOH/g, per 100 mass parts of the resin component (A).
12. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , further comprising:
0.001 to 1 mass part of a hindered phenol stabilizer having a melting point of at least 150° C., per 100 mass parts of the resin component (A).
13. An injection molded article obtained by injection molding of the polyester resin composition according to claim 1 .
14. The injection molded article according to claim 13 , which is a light-reflecting base body.
15. A light-reflecting body, comprising a light-reflecting layer disposed on the light-reflecting base body according to claim 14 .
16. The light-reflecting body according to claim 15 , wherein the light-reflecting layer is formed of a metal thin film layer, and the metal thin film layer is in direct contact with a surface of the light-reflecting base body.
17. The polyester resin composition according to claim 1 , wherein
a specific gravity of the inorganic filler (B) is not more than 3 g/cm 3 ; and
a surface of a molded article obtained by injection molding of the polyester resin composition has a maximum roughness height Ry of not more than 5.5 μm.
18. The polyester resin composition according to claim 17 , wherein the surface of the molded article has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of not more than 0.25 μm.
19. The polyester resin composition according to claim 17 , wherein the molded article in which an aluminum layer with a thickness of 150 nm is disposed on a surface has a diffuse reflectance of less than 1% on the aluminum layer side.
20. The polyester resin composition according to claim 3 , wherein a blend of the polyester resin powder (A2) and the inorganic filler (B) has a maximum sliding shear stress of not more than 8 N.