Improved process for uv stabilizer impregnation of plastic surfaces

• Main Authors: MIRANDA, PETER MARTIN, FACTOR, ARNOLD, GOOSSENS, JOHN CHARLES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.07.1989
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; WORKING-UP

A process of producing a thermoplastic article having resistance to degradation by ultraviolet radiation, which comprises impregnating the surface of the thermoplastic article with a UV-absorbing effective amount of a solution of a multimeric benzotriazole compound at a surface impregnation effective elevated temperature.