STAIN-RESISTANT ARTICLES

• Main Authors: NORFOLK LINDA M, CUEVAS AMY MARIE, VERFAILLIE GEERT J, DESIO GLENN P, SINGLETARY NANCY J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 24.12.2013
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; WORKING-UP

The present invention relates to stain- or dye-resistant articles comprising a polymer composition (C) comprising: -at least one semi-aromatic polyamide comprising recurring units resulting from the condensation of terephthalic acid and at least one aliphatic diamine comprising more than 8 carbon atoms; -at least one filler; -from 0.1 to 35 wt. % of at least one white pigment, based on the total weight of the composition; wherein the color of said article has a lightness (L*) of at least 70 in the CIE 1976 (L*a*, b*) color space when measured according to ASTM E308-08.