Abstract: The polyesters of trans-4,4'-stilbenedicarboxylic acid, 95 to 50 mol % 1,4-butanediol, and 5 to 50 mol % 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol can be injection-molded to give shaped objects having exceptionally high tensile strength and heat resistance. Many of the polyesters also have excellent hydrolytic stability and chemical resistance. The polyesters of this invention can be molded, extruded into film, or spun into fibers having these properties.

Abstract: Wholly aromatic polyesters which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 300.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 10 to 25 mol % of repeat units of the formula I ##STR1## (b) from 5 to 15 mol % of repeat units of the formula II ##STR2## (c) from 5 to 15 mol % of repeat units of the formula III ##STR3## (d) not less than 10 mol % of repeat units of the formula IV ##STR4## and (e) a molar amount corresponding to the total amount of (a), (b) and (c) of repeat units of the formula V ##STR5## the molar proportions of components a, b, c, d and e adding up to 100 mol % in each case, the preparation thereof and fibers, films, moldings and surface coatings prepared therefrom.

Abstract: Wholly aromatic mesomorphic polyester imides which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 320.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 5 to 35 mol % of repeat units of the formulae I and/or II ##STR1## where x can be identical or different and each is --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --CH.sub.2 -- or .dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.2, and n is 1 or 2,(b) from 0 to 30 mol % of repeat units of the formulae III and/or IV ##STR2## (c) a molar amount corresponding to the total amount of components (a) and (b) of repeat units(c1) from 3 to 35 mol % of units of the formula V ##STR3## and one or more of the repeat units.

Abstract: The polyesters of trans-4,4'-stilbenedicarboxylic acid, 95 to 60 mol % 1,4-butanediol, and 5 to 40 mol % ethylene glycol can be injection-molded to give shaped objects having exceptionally high heat resistance. Many of the polyesters also have excellent hydrolytic stability and chemical resistance. The polyesters of this invention can be molded, extruded into film, or spun into fibers having these properties.

Abstract: The polyesters of trans-4,4'-stilbenedicarboxylic acid, 95-60 mol % 1,6-hexanediol, and 5-40 mol % ethylene glycol can be injection-molded to give shaped objects having exceptionally high tensile strength and stiffness. Many of the copolyesters of this invention have excellent chemical resistance and good hydrolytic stability. The copolyesters can be injection-molded, spun into fiber, or extruded into film having these properties.

Abstract: The polyesters of 100 mol % trans-4,4'-stilbenedicarboxylic acid, 55 to 5 mol % 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, and 45 to 95 mol % 1,6-hexanediol can be injection-molded to give shaped objects having exceptionally high tensile strength and heat resistance. Many of the polyesters also have excellent hydrolytic stability and chemical resistance. The polyesters of this invention can be molded, extruded into film, or spun into fibers having these properties.

Abstract: Wholly aromatic mesomorphic polyester amide imides which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 320.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 5 to 35 mol % of repeat units of the formula I and/or II ##STR1## where X can be identical or different, each X being --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --CH.sub.2 -- or .dbd.C(CH.sub.3).sub.

Abstract: Wholly aromatic mesomorphic polyester amides which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 320.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 5 to 35 mol % of repeat units of the formula I ##STR1## (b) from 5 to 15 mol % of repeat units of the formula II ##STR2## (c) a molar amount corresponding to the total amount of components (a) and (b), and, when (e) signifies repeat units of the formula VI or VII, (e) of repeat units of the formula III ##STR3## (d) not less than 10 mol % of repeat units of the formula IV ##STR4## (e) from 2 to 15 mol % of repeat units of the formula V ##STR5## or of the formula VI ##STR6## the repeat units of the formula VI being replaceable in part by repeat units of the formula VII ##STR7## with the proviso that the molar proportions of components (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) add up to 100 mol % in each case, the preparation thereof and fibers, films, molding and surface coating materials prepared therefrom.

Abstract: A trioxane polymer is continuously produced with a continuous stirring-mixing apparatus. The apparatus includes two mutually parallel rotational shafts, a large number of paddles mounted on each rotational shaft and a barrel having an inside wall surface along the circular surface traced by the respective paddles, as they rotate. Thus, the barrel has a cross-section in the shape of two circles concentric with the two rotational shafts, which overlap each other. The apparatus is also provided with a temperature controlling jacket.

Abstract: Described herein is a process for preparing polyesters which comprises reacting a dihydric phenol with a diester derivative of an aromatic diacid in the presence of from about 10 to about 60 weight percent of a processing aid having a boiling point of greater than about 200.degree. C., under polyester forming conditions.

Abstract: Use of salts of water-soluble naphthalenesulfonic acid formaldehyde condensates having a molar formaldehyde/naphthalenesulfonic acid ratio of 1.2:1 to 3:1 and an intrinsic viscosity of 0.01 to 0.15 dl/g, as an additive to inorganic binders for improving the flowability, and a structural material prepared using binders modified in this manner.

Abstract: A copolyester film is disclosed which comprises a copolyester in which the dicarboxylic acid component comprises 100 to 85 mole percent of terephthalic acid and the diol component comprises 65 to 97 mole percent of 1,4-butanediol and 3 to 35 mole percent of a polyethylene glycol with a molecular weight of 106 to 550. The copolyester has a reduced viscosity in the range of 0.8 to 1.4 dl/g as measured at a concentration of 0.5 g/dl in a 1:1 (by weight) solvent mixture of phenol and tetrachloroethane at 30.degree. C. The copolyester has a main endothermic peak with a peak maximum temperature of 160.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. and at least one subsidiary endothermic peak with a peak maximum temperature of 30.degree. C. to 80.degree. C. in differential scanning calorimetry with the ratio (R) of the area occupying not less than 40.degree. C. in the subsidiary endothermic peak, the main endothermic peak area being within the range of 3 percent to 20 percent.

Abstract: Provided is an impact modified copolyester prepared from a reaction of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component and a diol component. The aromatic dicarboxylic acid component is terephthalic acid or an ester derivative thereof, and the diol component comprises a mixture of 1,4 butanediol and an alkoxylated bisphenol A. The combination of the 1,4 butanediol and alkoxylated bisphenol A provides for a polyester exhibiting superior impact properties.

Abstract: A certain class of poly(ester-amide) polymers are disclosed which are particularly suitable as hot melt adhesive compositions particularly advantageous for bonding plastics, such as polyester or polycarbonate polymers. The particular class of poly(ester-amides) are those which include a polymeric fat acid, and more specifically a dimeric fat acid component, in which the ester segments will contribute from about 20, preferably 35 to about 60 weight percent of the poly(ester-amide) and the amide segment contributing the remainder.

Abstract: Wholly aromatic mesomorphic polyester amides which form a liquid-crystalline fiber-forming melt below 320.degree. C. and are composed of(a) from 3 to 30 mol % of repeat units of the formula ##STR1## (b) from 3 to 25 mol % of one or more of the repeat units of the formulae II, III and IV ##STR2## (c) a molar amount corresponding to the total amount of components (a) and (b) of repeat units of the formulae V and/or VI ##STR3## (d) repeat units of the formula VII ##STR4## (e) if desired from 5 to 25 mol % of repeat units of the formula VIII ##STR5## the mole percentages of components (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) adding up to 100 mol % in each case, and the preparation and use thereof.

Abstract: A method of increasing the molecular weight of a poly(aryl ether) comprising providing a mixture of (1) at least one polyaryl ether comprising polymer chains having end groups selected from groups of formula--Ar--X, preferably --Y--Ar--X and --Ar--OXand (2) a reagent having nucleophilic activity selected from (a) alkaline salts of Group I or Group II metals (as hereinafter defined) and (b) reagents have radicals --X and --OZ, reactive respectively with the end groups --Ar--OZ and --Ar--X, wherein when the end group is --Ar--X the reagent is either a difunctional reagent having either both end groups in the form of reactive --OZ groups or a difunctional reagent having one reactive --OZ group and one reactive --X group and when the end group is --Ar--OZ the reagent is a difunctional reagent having reactive end groups --X, and wherein Ar represents an arylene radical, preferably a phenylene radical, X is a monovalent radical capable of nucleophilic displacement from Ar, preferably selected from halogen, nitrile

Abstract: Polyimide precursor compositions are described which may be prepared by rting a biprimary aromatic diamine with a diester-diacid or an aromatic tetraacid, and then with the substantially stoichiometrical complement of an aromatic dianhydride.The polyimide precursor compositions are used in the manufacture of insulating coatings, films, impregnating or enamelling varnishes for electric wires etc., and have excellent qualities of flexibility, adhesiveness and heat resistance.

Abstract: A water reducible alkyd vinyl copolymer resin having an acid number in the range of from about 30 to about 70, a method for making the copolymer resin and coating compositions which include the resin are described wherein the copolymer resin is the reaction product offrom about 10 to about 90 percent by weight, based upon the weight of monomers and initiator which provide the alkyd vinyl copolymer resin, of an alkyd resin which is the product of a polymerization reaction and which has an acid number in the range of from about 30 to about 70; andfrom about 10 to about 90 percent by weight based upon the weight of the monomers and initiator which provide the alkyd vinyl copolymer resin, of a vinyl resin which has an acid number in the range of about 30 to about 70.

Abstract: Novel melt-spinnable anisotropic-melt-forming polyesters from certain disubstituted hydroquinones and terephthalic acid have high glass transition temperatures.

Abstract: Described herein is an improved process for preparing poly(aryl ether ketones) by reacting nucleophilic coreactants with electrophilic coreactants under Friedel Crafts polymerization conditions, wherein the improvement comprises carrying out the polymerization in a solvent comprising 1,2-dichlorethane.