Abstract: A three-step process for the production of solventless polycarbonate is disclosed. Accordingly, a mixture of two different oligocarbonates each prepared by the interfacial method, is prepared in the first process step. In a second step, the mixture is crystallized. The third step entails polycondensation. In an additional embodiment of the invention the first step uses a mixture of one oligocarbonate with a suitable monomer.

Abstract: The invention relates to ternary thermoplastic mixtures of polycarbonates, polyurethanes and graft polymers and, optionally, standard additives and to processes for the production of these mixtures.

Abstract: Fire-retardant polycarbonates, polyester carbonates and polyesters based on dihydroxydiphenyl cycloalkanes ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, preferably chlorine or bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, preferably phenyl and C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 aralkyl, preferably phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, more especially benzyl,m is an integer of 4 to 7, preferably 4 or 5, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 may be individually selected for each X and, independently of one another, represent hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl andX is carbon,with the proviso that, at at least one atom X, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are both alkyl,the fire-retardant finish being provided by additives and/or comonomers.

Abstract: Aromatic polyesters are prepared by the transesterification of aromatic dicarboxylic acid dialkyl esters with diester derivatives of divalent phenols at temperatures of about 260.degree. to 350.degree. C. with removal of the resulting monocarboxylic acid alkyl ester from the reaction mixture.

Abstract: This invention relates to mixtures of thermoplastic aromatic poly(ester)carbonates with thermoplastic polyurethanes containing special graft polymers and, optionally, suitable additives, to a process for their production and to the use of the mixtures according to the invention for the production of moldings, particularly by injection molding or extrusion.

Abstract: Aromatic polyesters based on diphenols and iso- and/or terephthalic acid are produced by transesterification of esters of the diphenols with the aromatic dicarboxylic acids in the melt by first reacting the aromatic dicarboxylic acids with a stoichiometric excess of the diphenol esters to form oligomers and then condensing the resulting oligomers to the aromatic polyesters with elimination and removal by distillation of diphenol ester.

Abstract: The preparation of aromatic polyesters based on diphenols and iso- and terephthalic acid is carried out by solventfree transesterification of esters of the diphenols with the aromatic dicarboxylic acids, the esters of the diphenols being initially reacted with teriphthalic acid alone and subsequently reacted with isophthalic acid after at least 80% of the terephthalic acid has undergone reaction.

Abstract: The present invention provides moulding compositions consisting of polyphenylene oxide/polycarbonate block condensates, graft polymers and, where appropriate, co-polymers. These moulding compositions can contain further suitable additives. The present invention also provides a process for preparing the moulding compositions according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic moulding materials of (A) thermoplastic polycarbonates mixed with (B) thermoplastic polyalkylene terephthalates and, if appropriate, with (C) elastomeric polymers, which are characterized in that they contain (D) a polycarbonate-polyphenylene oxide block co-condensate.

Abstract: This invention relates to the use of polyphenylene oxides corresponding to the following general formula: ##STR1## for the production of aromatic block polyether-poly(ester) carbonates by the interfacial process and also to the block polyether-poly(ester) carbonates obtainable by the process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of aromatic polyester-carbonates wherein, in a first stage, aromatic oligo-esters or oligo-ester-carbonates having hydroxyl end groups are prepared from diaryl esters of aromatic dicarboxylic acids (or their starting materials) and diphenols and, optionally, a diaryl carbonate, by trans-esterification in the melt, and in a second stage these oligo-esters or oligo-ester-carbonates are condensed with phosgene by the phase boundary process to give the polyester-carbonate.

Abstract: Bis-chlorocarbonic acid esters of diphenols react with aromatic dicarboxylic acids in the melt or in high-boiling, inert organic solvents, even in the absence of bases, such as tertiary amines for example, to form polyester carbonates.

Abstract: Aromatic polyester carbonates may be produced by the interphase process by reacting salts of aromatic dicarboxylic acids with excess bis-chlorocarbonic esters of diphenol at a pH value of from 6 to 8.5 and by subsequently polycondensing the product at a pH value of from 9 to 14.

Abstract: A mixture comprising 1. from 70 to 99% by weight of a predominantly aromatic polycarbonate; and 2. from 30 to 1% by weight of a polyolefin graft polymer of (a) 70 to 95% by weight of a graft base consisting of a homopolymer of aliphatic and/or aromatic monoolefins or of a copolymer of these olefins, and up to 50% by weight of other monoolefinically unsaturated, radially polymerizable compounds and/or up to 5% by weight of diolefins, and (b) 5 to 30% by weight of at least one graft-polymerizable vinyl compound, the olefin graft polymers having been obtained by contacting a melt of the graft base (a) with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas for at most 10 min. with intensive mixing under a pressure of from 1 to 150 bars and at a temperature of from 80.degree. C. to 300.degree. C., adding the vinyl compounds (b) to be grafted on immediately afterwards with intensive mixing in the absence of oxygen or oxygen-containing gas and removing the residual monomers after the graft polymerization reaction.

Abstract: Small quantities of hydrogenated polybenzyls act as a perfect mould release agent for aromatic polyesters based on diphenols and iso- and/or terephthalic acids and do not appreciably impair the elastic strength characteristics, the dimensional stability under heat and the transparency.

Abstract: Aromatic polyesters and polyestercarbonates based on diphenols and iso- and/or terephthalic acids become flame-proof if admixed with small quantities of ammonium or alkali metal salts of inorganic or organic acids and optionally halophthalimides and optionally polytetrafluoroethylene. The mechanical and chemical properties of the polyester (carbonates) remain unchanged.

Abstract: Polymer blends consisting of from 60-99 % by weight of polyamide and of from 1-40 % by weight of a graft product of polyethylene or copolymers of ethylene with grafted units of (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic acid derivatives and/or maleic acid which graft products have been prepared by a special grafting process.

Abstract: High impact resistant polymer blends comprising 70-99% by weight of a polyamide and 1-30% by weight of a polyethylene having been oxidized by a special process.

Abstract: Polymer blends with high notched impact strength comprising polyamide-6 with a relative viscosity of at least 3,5 and copolymers of ethylene, (meth)acrylic acid and esters of (meth)acrylic acid.

Abstract: Self-extinguishing, flameproved, reinforced and/or filled polyamide moulding compositions containing as flameproofing agents a combination of a phenol-aldehyde resin and an alkali metal - or ammonium - polyphosphate.