Polyamide resin composition with excellent reflectivity, heat resistance, and water resistance

1. A polyamide resin composition comprising (A) polyamide resin, (B) about 0.1 to about 50 parts by weight of white pigment, and (C) about 0.01 to about 20 parts by weight of sodium phosphate salt, each based on about 100 parts by weight of polyamide resin (A), wherein the polyamide resin composition has an initial light reflectivity measured by colorimeter at a wavelength of 440 nm of more than about 90, a light reflectance reduction measured at a wavelength of 440 nm after a specimen is illuminated by a LED light source for 144 hours under a temperature of 85° C. and relative humidity of 85% of less than about 5, and a change of yellow index (ΔYI) measured after a specimen is illuminated by a LED light source for 144 hours under a temperature of 85° C. and relative humidity of 85% of less than about 3.

2. The polyamide resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyamide resin (A) includes aromatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic diamine, cycloaliphatic diamine, or a combination thereof as repeating units.

3. The polyamide resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyamide resin (A) has a melting point of more than 150 ° C. and is represented by following Chemical formula 3:

wherein, m is an integer ranging from 4 to 12 and n is an integer ranging from 50 to 500.

4. The polyamide resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the white pigment (B) comprises titanium oxide, zinc oxide, zinc sulfide, lead white, zinc sulfate, barium sulfate, calcium carbonate, aluminum oxide, or a combination thereof.

5. The polyamide resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the sodium phosphate salt (C) comprises sodium phosphate monobasic, sodium phosphate dibasic, sodium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, or a combination thereof.

6. The polyamide resin composition of claim 5 , wherein the sodium phosphate salt (C) is surface-treated with a silane coupling agent, titanium coupling agent, organic acid, polyol, or silicone.

7. The polyamide resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyamide resin composition further comprises about 0.01 to about 80 parts by weight of filler (D).

8. The polyamide resin composition of claim 7 , wherein the filler (D) includes glass fiber having an average length of about 0.1 to about 20 mm and an aspect ratio of about 10 to about 2,000.

9. The polyamide resin composition of claim 1 , wherein the polyamide resin has an Izod impact strength of more than about 2 kgf/cm 2 .

10. An article prepared from the polyamide resin composition of claim 1 .