Polyester elastomer resin composition for blow molding
The present invention relates to a polyester elastomer resin composition containing: (A) a thermoplastic polyester elastomer; (B) a di- or higher functional epoxy compound; (C) an organic carboxylic acid alkali metal salt having 3 to 40 carbon atoms; (D) an inorganic crystal nucleating agent; and (E) a urea compound scavenger having an amine value of 50 eq/t or more, wherein per 100 parts by mass of component (A), component (B) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass, component (D) is present in an amount of 0 to 3 parts by mass, and component (E) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass; component (C), on an alkali metal basis, is present in an amount of 50 to 2000 ppm in the polyester elastomer resin composition on a mass basis.
1. A polyester elastomer resin composition for blow molding comprising:
a thermoplastic polyester elastomer (A);
a di- or higher functional epoxy compound (B);
an organic carboxylic acid alkali metal salt having 3 to 40 carbon atoms (C);
an inorganic crystal nucleating agent (D); and
a urea compound scavenger having an amine value of 50 eq/t or more (E), wherein
the thermoplastic polyester elastomer (A) is composed of a hard segment and a soft segment that are linked to each other,
the hard segment being composed of a polyester formed from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic and/or alicyclic glycol,
the soft segment being at least one member selected from aliphatic polyethers, aliphatic polyesters, or aliphatic polycarbonates,
per 100 parts by mass of component (A), component (B) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass, component (D) is present in an amount of 0 to 3 parts by mass, and component (E) is present in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass,
component (C), on an alkali metal basis, is present in an amount of 50 to 2000 ppm in the polyester elastomer resin composition on a mass basis,
the polyester elastomer resin composition has a cooling crystallization temperature (TC2) lower than the melting point (Tm) of the polyester elastomer resin composition by 20 to 40° C., and
the polyester elastomer resin composition has a melt flow rate of 0.5 to 3.0 g/10 min under a load of 2.16 kg (as measured in accordance with JIS K7210-1:2014 A at a temperature of 230° C.).
2. The polyester elastomer resin composition for blow molding according to claim 1 , wherein the urea compound scavenger (E) is an amino group-containing compound having an amine value of 50 to 2000 eq/t.
3. The polyester elastomer resin composition for blow molding according to claim 1 , wherein
the thermoplastic polyester elastomer (A) is a copolymer formed from terephthalic acid, 1,4-butanediol, and polyoxytetramethylene glycol,
the polyoxytetramethylene glycol has a number average molecular weight of 500 to 4000,
the amount of the polyoxytetramethylene glycol copolymerized is 5 to 20 mol % of the entire glycol component that partly forms the thermoplastic polyester elastomer (A).
4. The polyester elastomer resin composition for blow molding according to claim 1 , wherein the epoxy compound (B) has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 100 or more, and an epoxy value of 1.0 meq/g or more.
5. The polyester elastomer resin composition for blow molding according to claim 1 , wherein the organic carboxylic acid of the organic carboxylic acid alkali metal salt having 3 to 40 carbon atoms (C) is an aliphatic carboxylic acid having 3 to 20 carbon atoms.
6. The polyester elastomer resin composition for blow molding according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic crystal nucleating agent (D) is talc.
7. The polyester elastomer resin composition for blow molding according to claim 1 , wherein after the polyester elastomer resin composition is subjected to heat treatment at 140° C. for 300 hours with a urea compound-containing grease being applied to the composition, the polyester elastomer resin composition has a tensile elongation of 200% or more.