POLYESTER/POLYESTERAMIDE BLENDS

• Main Authors: TURNER, SAM, RICHARD, NICELY, VINCENT, ALVIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.11.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

This invention relates to polyester polyesteramide blends comprising: (A) about 95-99.99 weight percent of a polyester which comprises a dicarboxylic acid component comprising repeat units from at least 85 mol % terephthalic acid, naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid or mixtures of terephthalic acid and naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid and a diol component comprising repeat units from at least 85 mol % ethylene glycol, said mole percents being based on 100 mol % dicarboxylic acid and at least 100 mol % diol; and (B) about 5-0.01 weight percent of a polyesteramide of the formula: A(N)x(D)y where A is a dicarboxylic acid selected from aromatic or cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acids having 8 to 14 carbon atoms or aliphatic dicarboxylic acids having 3 to 24 carbon atoms, N is a diamine having 2 to 24 carbon atoms, D is a diol having 2 to 14 carbon atoms, X is an integer from 0.01 to 0.99 and Y is an integer from 0.99 to 0.01. The blends of the present invention display good barrier properties, low color and acetaldehyde concentration. The blends are useful for a variety of molded articles including containers, films and sheets.