Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Limited

Mistubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.

Kozi Nishida

Isao Sasaki

Hisao Anzai

Hideaki Makino

Masaru Morimoto

Masaharu Fujimoto

Takashi Yamamoto

Masami Ohtani

Naoki Yamamoto

Kenji Kushi

Katsuhiko Shimada

Mikiharu Watanabe

Osamu Kato

Kazuo Kishida

Akira Yanagase

Atsunori Koshirai

Yukio Kasabo

Yasumasa Sato

Nobuhisa Takayama

Toshihiro Maxima

Yoshio Manabe

Masami Ootani

Toshihito Narita

Akio Tateishi

A polycarbonate-based thermoplastic resin composition is characterized by comprising a polycarbonate and a substantially gel-free polymer obtained by polymerizing an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of a polymer obtained by polymerizing a specific alkyl (meth)acrylate, an aromatic vinyl monomer, and a monomer having two or more unsaturated groups. The composition has excellent moldability (flowability, etc.) while having the intact mechanical properties (impact strength, etc.) inherent in the polycarbonate and has an excellent balance between moldability and mechanical properties. Due to the excellent balance, the composition enables size increase and thickness reduction in molded articles in various fields, especially in the field of domestic electrical appliances and housings for OA apparatuses. The composition is of great industrial value.

Polycarbonate-based thermoplastic resin composition and process for producing the same

There are disclosed a method of purifying a polyacrylonitrile which comprises removing iron compounds or ions thereof and aluminum compounds or ions thereof which can be contained as impurities in a polyacrylonitrile obtained by aqueous suspension polymerization using an inorganic redox initiator, from a solution consisting of said polyacrylonitrile and an organic solvent capable of dissolving said polyacrylonitrile, by the use of a substance having ion-exchanging ability which is insoluble in said organic solvent; a process for producing fiber from the polyacrylonitrile thus purified; and a process for producing carbon fiber from said fiber.

Method of purifying polyacrylonitrile

A methacrylimide-containing polymer comprising a polymer (A) comprised of 5-100 weight % of units represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is H or a C1-20 hydrocarbon group, and 0-95 weight % of units derived from an ethylenic monomer, wherein a polymer derived from at least one ethylenic monomer has been grafted onto the polymer (A). The methacrylimide-containing polymer is used as a blend with another thermoplastic polymer.

Methacrylimide-containing polymer and thermoplastic resin composition

A light-transmitting plastic fiber comprising, as a core component, a methacrylimide group-containing polymer prepared by polymerizing methyl methacrylate in the absence of a chain transfer agent and then imidizing the methyl methacrylate polymer thus prepared, and another polymer as a sheath component.

Light-transmitting fiber

A methacrylimide-containing polymer comprising a polymer (A) comprised of 5-100 weight % of units represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is H or C1-20 hydrocarbon group, and 0-95 weight % of units derived from an ethylenic monomer, wherein a polymer derived from at least one ethylenic monomer has been grafted onto the polymer (A). The methacrylimide-containing polymer is used as a blend with another thermoplastic polymer.

Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition consisting essentially of

Thermoplastic resin composition

Disclosed is a thermoplastic methacrylimide-containing polymer comprising 2 to 100% by weight of structural units represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and 0 to 98% by weight of structural units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein the number of fine particles having a size of 0.5 to 25 .mu.m as measured by a particle counter in the polymer is not more than 50,000 per gram of the polymer.

Methacrylimide-containing polymer

A thermoplastic methacrylimide-containing polymer comprising 2 to 100% by weight of structural units represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and 0 to 98% by weight of structural units derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein the content of iron in the polymer is not larger than 20 ppm and the difference between the maximum value and minimum value of the degree of imidization is preferably not larger than 5% by weight. This methacrylimide-containing polymer is used alone or as a blend thereof with another thermoplastic polymer.

Methacrylimide-containing polymer and resin composition containing said

A methacrylimide containing polymer which is a thermoplastic polymer comprising from 2% to 100% by weight of a structural unit represented by the general formula: ##STR1## where R represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group, aromatic group or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms and from 0 to 98% by weight of a structural unit derived from as ethylenic monomer, the polymer having

Methacrylimide containing polymer

A thermoplastic resin composition comprising:

A methacrylimide containing polymer which is a thermoplastic polymer comprising from 2 to 100% by weight of a structural unit represented by the general formula: ##STR1## where R represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group, aromatic group or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms and from 0 to 98% by weight of a structural unit derived from as ethylenic monomer, the polymer having

A methacrylimide group-containing polymer having good optical characteristics, especially a resistance to coloration under heating and above to retain good light-transmitting characteristics for a long time even at a high temperature, is prepared by polymerizing methacrylic acid, a methacrylic acid ester, or a monomer mixture predominantly comprised of methacrylic acid or an ester thereof in the absence of a mercaptan chain transfer agent, and then imidizing the thus-prepared polymer. The resulting polymer is useful as the core component of a light-transmitting fiber having a core-sheath structure.

Process for preparation of methacrylimide group containing polymer and

A thermoplastic methacrylimide group-containing resin composition comprised of (a) a methacrylimide group-containing polymer comprising 5 to 100% by weight of units of an imide ring structure represented by the following structural formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 stands for a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl or allyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms,

Thermoplastic methacrylimide group-containing resin composition

A thermoplastic resin composition, comprising:

A core-clad plastic optical fiber is described, comprising a polyglutarimide series polymer having a polymeric structural unit represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aromatic group and n represents a positive integer, having a thermal deformation temperture of at least 120.degree. C. as a core, and an organic polymer having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the core as a clad layer, said plastic optical fiber having the characteristic that the light transmission loss measured at 655 nm is not more than 500 dB/km.

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Kozi Nishida