Poly Polyester thermoplastic

Uses. The largest uses of butanediol are internal consumption in manufacture of tetrahydrofuran and butyrolactone (145). The largest merchant uses are for poly(butylene terephthalate) resins (see Polyesters,thermoplastic) and in polyurethanes, both as a chain extender and as an ingredient in a hydroxyl-terminated polyester used as a macroglycol. Butanediol is also used as a solvent, as a monomer for vadous condensation polymers, and as an intermediate in the manufacture of other chemicals. 

Polyester sheet products may be produced from amorphous poly(ethylene terephalate) (PET) or partiaHy crystallized PET. Acid-modified (PETA) and glycol modified (PETG) resins are used to make ultraclear sheet for packaging. Poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) has also been used in sheet form. Liquid-crystal polyester resins are recent entries into the market for specialty sheet. They exhibit great strength, dimensional stabHity, and inertness at temperatures above 250°C (see Polyesters,thermoplastic). 

Polyester. Poly(ethylene terephthalate) [25038-59-9] (PET) polyester film has intermediate gas- and water- vapor barrier properties, very high tensile and impact strengths, and high temperature resistance (see Polyesters, thermoplastic). AppHcations include use as an outer web in laminations to protect aluminum foil. It is coated with PVDC to function as the flat or sealing web for vacuum/gas flush packaged processed meat, cheese, or fresh pasta. 

Recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), which offers excellent properties at potentially lower cost, is finding wider use as a raw material component and meeting increasing demands for environmentally compatible resins (see POLYESTERS,THERMOPLASTIC Recycling, PLASTICS). 

The most important tetrahydrofuran polymers are the hydroxy-terrninated polymers, that is, the a,C0-poly(tetramethylene ether) glycols used commercially to manufacture polyurethanes and polyesters (see Urethane polymers Polyesters, thermoplastic). 

Liquid crystal polyesters Polyester Thermoplastic Elastomers Poly(pivalolactone)... 

Schollenberger added 2% of a polycarbodiimide additive to the same poly(tetra-methylene adipate) urethane with the high level of acid (AN = 3.66). After 9 weeks of 70°C water immersion, the urethane was reported to retain 84% of its original strength. Carbodiimides react quickly with residual acid to form an acyl urea, removing the acid catalysis contributing to the hydrolysis. New carbodiimides have been developed to prevent hydrolysis of polyester thermoplastics. Carbodiimides are also reported to react with residual water, which may contribute to hydrolysis when the urethane is exposed to high temperatures in an extruder [90]. 

Data have been published dealing with successful applications of HAS in stabilization of other polymers than PO elastomers, styrenic polymers, polyamides, polycarbonates, polyacetals, polyurethanes, linear polyesters, thermoplastic polyester elastomers, polyacrylates, epoxy resins, poly(phenylene oxide) or polysulfide [12]. In spite of their basicity, HAS may also be used for stabilization of PVC. This application includes less basic derivatives of piperidine and 1,4-dihydropyridine [12,13,145,146]. 

Poly (diethylene adipate) polyester thermoplastic injection molding resin, amorphous lighting Acrylic-imide copolymer thermoplastic molding composition Cellulose acetate... 

Perfluorinated Polymers, Polytetrafluoroethylene Polyamides, Aromatic Polyamides, Plastics Polyarylates Poly(arylene sufide)s Polycarbonates Cyclohexanedimethanol Polyesters Polyesters, Main Chain Aromatic Polyesters, Thermoplastic Polyethers, Aromatic Poly(ethylene naph-thanoate) Polyimides Polyketones Poly(phenylene ether) Polysulfones Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) Rigid Rod Polymers Syndiotactic Polystyrene . 

PA), polyCethylene terephthalate) (PET), ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), and poly(vinylidene chloride) (PVDC). See Polyamides, plastics Polyesters, thermoplastic Vinyl Acetate Polymers Vinyl Alcohol Polymers Vinylidene Chloride Polymers (PVDC). See also Films and Sheeting. 

Polyester thermoplastic elastomers are block copolymers made up of alternating hard and soft segments. The hard segments are alkylene terephthalate blocks and the soft segments are poly(alkylene ether) terephthalate... 

The term polyester thermoplastic elastomers is widely used for segmented poly(ether-ester) block copolymers with alternating/random length sequences... 

Poly(ether-ester) (PEE) copolymers obtained by modification of poly(ethyl-ene terephthalate) with up to 20 wt% of poly(ethylene ether) glycol was first described by Coleman [8]. Subsequently, the DuPont Co. developed poly(ether-ester) elastomers, which were commercially introduced in 1972 under the trade name Hytrel [4,9]. The polyester thermoplastic elastomers are nowadays produced by several companies. Apart from DuPont, these are DSM, The Netherlands (Arnitel ), General Electric, USA (homed ), Hoechst Celanese, USA (Retiflex ), Toyobo, Japan (Pelprene ), Elana, Poland (Elitel ) [2,10]. The synthesis, chemical structure, physical properties, and some new applications of polyester TPE are discussed in this chapter (about the development of TPE, see also Chapter 1, while details on some commercial TPE products can be found in Chapter 17). 

Block terpolymers of poly(hydroxyoctanoic acid), poly(hydroxyhexanoic acid) and poly(hydroxydecanoic acid), and the so-called bacterial elastomers , produced by bacteria [124] also belong to the polyester thermoplastic elastomer family (see also Chapter 2). 

Properties Poly(aryl ether), unfilled Polycarbonate Thermoplastic polyester ... 

The packaging (qv) requirements for shipping and storage of thermoplastic resins depend on the moisture that can be absorbed by the resin and its effect when the material is heated to processing temperatures. Excess moisture may result in undesirable degradation during melt processing and inferior properties. Condensation polymers such as nylons and polyesters need to be specially predried to very low moisture levels (3,4), ie, less than 0.2% for nylon-6,6 and as low as 0.005% for poly(ethylene terephthalate) which hydrolyzes faster. 

Noncrystalline aromatic polycarbonates (qv) and polyesters (polyarylates) and alloys of polycarbonate with other thermoplastics are considered elsewhere, as are aHphatic polyesters derived from natural or biological sources such as poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), poly(glycoHde), or poly(lactide) these, too, are separately covered (see Polymers, environmentally degradable Sutures). Thermoplastic elastomers derived from poly(ester—ether) block copolymers such as PBT/PTMEG-T [82662-36-0] and known by commercial names such as Hytrel and Riteflex are included here in the section on poly(butylene terephthalate). Specific polymers are dealt with largely in order of volume, which puts PET first by virtue of its enormous market volume in bottie resin. 

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