Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic moulding composition comprising a thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonate based on an aromatic dihydroxy compound and containing 0.01 to 0.5% by weight of an ester of a saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid with 10 to 20 C atoms per molecule and an aromatic hydroxy compound with from 1 to 6 hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: Molding compositions having an oxygen index of greater than 0.30 based on high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonates containing 0.5-20% of organic fibers.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with polycarbonate molding resins with improved flow and strength properties which contain about 10 to 40 wt.% glass fibers and about 0.5 to 5 wt. % of polyalkylene glycol terephthalate or about 0.5 to 10 wt.% of polyalkylene glycol isophthalate.

Abstract: This invention provides spheres of high molecular weight thermoplastics filled with short glass fibers which may be easily metered, incorporated into thermoplastic resins or fused into glass mats or shaped articles. It also provides a method of producing such spheres by treating glass fibers with a dilute (1 to 30 wt% strength) solution of the plastic having a viscosity of less than 1,000 cP. The fibers are rotated with the polymer solution and the solvent is subsequently evaporated off. Preferably, the coating plastic is a high molecular weight thermoplastic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an interfacial process for the production of polycarbonates having terminal, aliphatically bonded hydroxyl groups by reacting predominantly dihydric alcohols with phosgene or chlorocarbonic acid esters of predominantly dihydric alcohols and/or phenols using alkali liquors as HCl-binding agents and in the presence of inert solvents, the process according to the invention being distinguished by the fact that concentrated, aqueous alkali liquors are used as the HCl-binding agents and thiodiglycol, optionally mixed with additional monohydric and polyhydric alcohols, is used as the dihydric alcohol. The present invention further relates to the new polycarbonates produced according to the novel process and to the use of these new polycarbonates for the production of polyurethane plastics.

Abstract: Polycarbonates are pigmented with an opaque pigment such as TiO.sub.2 and contain, intimately mixed therein, a silica at a level of 0.01 to 3% by weight. The silicas are those produced by the flame hydrolysis of SiCl.sub.4 and have a particle size up to about 10 microns. The pigmented polycarbonates can be moulded to form articles having excellent surface appearance and are especially adapted for moulding polycarbonates in moulds having radical contours and fine interstices which constrict the flow path of the polycarbonate during moulding.

Abstract: The present invention relates to glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic polycarbonate molding compositions whose toughness and elastic properties have been improved by the incorporation of 1 to 5 wt.% of poly-(2,6-dialkyl-1,4-phenyleneoxide). These compositions contain between 10 and 30 wt.% glass fibers and display improved properties even after extended times at high humidity. The polyphenylene oxides preferably have M.sub.w between 2,000 and 100,000, most preferably 20,000 and 60,000. A particularly suitable additive is poly-(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide).

Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic polycarbonate molding materials having improved flame resistance and hydrolysis resistance. These materials comprise intimate blends of aromatic high molecular weight polycarbonates and about 0.5 to 50 wt. % of polyphenylene sulphides. This invention also relates to a process for improving the flame resistance and hydrolysis resistance of aromatic polycarbonates by intimately blending them with about 0.5 to 50 wt. % polyphenylene sulphide.

Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic molding materials, of high heat distortion point, comprising polyvinyl chloride or copolymers of vinyl chloride with other vinyl compounds, and polyphenylene oxides.The molding materials according to the invention comprises a blend consisting ofA. 30 - 90% by weight of polyvinyl chloride or of copolymers of vinyl chloride with up to about 30% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer of one or more other vinyl compounds which are copolymerizable with vinyl chloride, andB. about 10 - 70% by weight of a polyphenylene oxide.Particularly preferred molding materials comprise a blend consisting ofA. 30 - 70% by weight of polyvinyl chloride or of its copolymers with up to about 30% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer of copolymerizable vinyl compounds, andB. about 70 - 30% by weight of a polyphenylene oxide.

Abstract: Polycarbonates are provided having improved critical thickness values based on an aromatic diphenol, a halogenated dihydric phenol and an aromatic diphenol thioether. By incorporating an effective amount of the aromatic thiodiphenol based on the total diphenol content into the polymer the critical thickness and flame retardant characteristics of the polycarbonate is substantially improved.

Abstract: A blend comprised of high molecular weight polybutylene terephthalate and up to about 20 wt.% of an aromatic polycarbonate resin wherein the mixture has a drop dart impact strength in excess of about 60 foot-pounds is prepared by intimately mixing the components, one of which is powdered. The polybutylene terephthalate has an intrinsic viscosity of at least about 0.95. The blend will tolerate the addition of up to 20 wt.% of a conventional flame retardant package such as decabromodiphenyl oxide and antimony trioxide while maintaining the 60 foot-pound minimum drop dart impact strength. The blend can achieve impact strengths in excess of 90 foot-pounds even when it contains flame retardant additives if the polybutylene terephthalate is blended in powder form.

Abstract: The present invention teaches a novel polyisocyanate lacquer binder and a method preparing it. The binder is prepared by reacing uretidione containing polyisocyanates optionally mixed with uretdione free diisocyanates with water or with low molecular weight compounds which have two alcoholic hyroxyl groups per molecule. Optionally these compounds may be mixed with up to 60 wt.% based on the total weight of hydroxyl bearing compounds, of low molecular weight compounds with one active alcoholic hydroxyl group per molecule. The proportion of reactants is so selected that the binder produces has from 5 to 20 wt.% of latent isocyanate groups in the form of unopened uretdione rings. The binder can then be mixed with polyhydroxyl compounds having molecular weights of 400 to 10,000 and conventional lacquer pigments and fillers. This mixture can then be coated on a substrate and the coating heated to above 110.degree. C to effect hardening.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with polymerizable compositions, a process for producing and polymerizing such compositions and the resultant polymerization product. Compositions comprising the reaction product of polycarbodiimides and .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acids are dissolved in vinyl monomers and subject to free-radical polymerization. The polymerization product may contain up to about 300 weight percent of conventional fillers.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a process for molding thermoplastic, high molecular weight aromatic polycarbonates the improvement which comprises adding to the aromatic polycarbonate from about 0.001 to 1% by weight of a mold release agent selected from the group consisting of perfluoroalkanesulphonic acid amides, cyclimmonium salts of perfluoroalkanesulphonic acids and ammonium salts of perfluoroalkanesulphonic acids.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for the production of high molecular weight polyurethanes which are free from isocyanate groups and are soluble in organic solvent in reduced reaction times. The reactants, polyol and isocyanate, for example, are mixed together with solvent and the temperature is permitted to rise under the effect of the heat of reaction. The reaction mixture is then cooled with solvent addition in such a way that the viscosity of the reaction mixture remains constant until the optimum temperature for the polyurethane formation reaction ("specific reaction temperature") is reached. The mixture is then gradually cooled until there is no residual isocyanate present and the polymer is recovered from the reaction mixture.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a polycarbonate by the phase boundary condensation method, by phosgenation of an aqueous alkali metal salt solution of one or more aromatic dihydroxy compounds, in which process an aromatic chlorinated hydrocarbon is used as the solvent and the synthesis of the polycarbonate is carried out in two stages, in the first stage of which the reaction of the alkali metal salt solution of the aromatic dihydroxy compound(s) with phosgene is carried out at an OH concentration of between 0.01 and 0.1% by weight of OH, relative to the aqueous phase, in the presence of 0.1 to 2.5 mol% of trialkylamine, relative to aromatic dihydroxy compound(s), and at a temperature higher than 70.degree. C, with a dwell time of less than 5 minutes, while in the second stage the polycondensation is effected by adjusting the OH concentration to 0.20 to 0.

Abstract: Ternary polyblends consisting essentially of polybutylene terephthalates, polyurethanes, and aromatic polycarbonates in proportions within carefully delineated ranges exhibit solvent stress cracking resistance and a toughness not to be found in any one or blended two of the foregoing components.

Abstract: This invention discloses a composite material consisting of layers of a plastic sheet, a polyurethane ionomer latex foam and a textile material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to linear, film-forming diisocyanate polyaddition products soluble in lacquer solvents which contain 10 to 69 wt. % of structural units of the formula: ##STR1## and processes for producing such diisocyanate polyaddition products. The polymer produced may be polyureas, polyhydrazocarbonamide, a polyurethane polyurea, polyurethane polyhydrazocarbonamides, polyurea polyhydrazocarbonamides or polyurethane polyurea polyhydrazocarbonamides. These diisocyanate polyaddition products are useful for the production of surface coatings, lacquer coatings and impregnations.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new process for the production of new water-dispersible polyhydroxyl compounds, to the compounds obtainable by this process and to the use thereof. An organic polyhydroxyl compound having an average molecular weight from about 400 to 10,000 which is insoluble or non-dispersible in water, is reacted with a compound containing at least one non-ionic, hydrophilic group, said compound preferably being the reaction product of a monohydroxy polyalkylene oxide and an organic polyisocyanate at an NCO/OH ratio of about 1.2:1 to 2.2:1.