General Electric Company

Rene De Jongh

Adrianus J F M Braat

Juraj Liska

Hua Guo

Bret Ja Chisholm

Gerrit De Wit

Amy Rene Freshour

Christian M Bailly

A composition comprises a bitumen and a poly(arylene ether) having an intrinsic viscosity less than 0.40 deciliters per gram. The composition exhibits high softening and flow temperatures, and high hardness.

Poly (arylene ether) composition, method for the preparation thereof, and articles derived therefrom

The invention relates to a novel process for preparing functionalized PPE, the process comprising oxidative coupling in a reaction solution at least one monovalent phenol species using an oxygen containing gas and a complex metal catalyst to produce a PPE; and functionalizing the PPE prior to and/or during at least one isolation step for devolatilization of the reaction solvent. The invention also relates to the polyphenylene ether resin made by the process as well as blends and articles containing the polyphenylene ether resin made by the process.

Process for the manufacture of functionalized polyphenylene ether resins

Disclosed are blends of polyesteramides and polyester resins, optionally with polycarbonates, as well as methods for preparing said blends thereof. Preferred polyesteramides are those comprising amide units of formula (I): ##STR1## and ester units of formula (II): ##STR2## wherein the ratio of (I) to (II) is at least 1:1, and more preferably wherein at least 80% of the units of formula (I) are separated by at least one of the units of formula (II).

Blends of polyesters and polyesteramides, optionally with polycarbonates

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