METHOD FOR ENHANCED SOLID STATE POLYMERIZATION OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE

• Main Authors: JENKINS, STEPHEN D, WINTER, DEREK J, CUNNINGHAM, JILL BARBARA, GARDNER, MICHAEL WILLIAM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 19.05.2005
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

A method for enhancing solid state polymerization of polyethylene terephthalate is disclosed in which at least one monomeric unit of diacid and/or dimethyl ester comprising at least one pendant chemical side group is copolymerized with a diol and a diacid or a dimethyl ester. The at least one pendan...