Dsm IP Assets B.v.

Robert C B Crombach

Rudy Rulkens

The invention relates to a semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide comprising A-A-B-B units derived from (a) dicarboxylic acids consisting of a mixture of aromatic dicarboxylic acid and aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and (b) diamines consisting of a mixture of long chain aliphatic diamine and short chain aliphatic diamine, wherein (a-i) the aromatic dicarboxylic acid consists for at least 80 mole % of terephthalic acid, and (a-ii) the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid constitutes at least 5 mole % of the dicarboxylic acids, (b-i) the short chain aliphatic diamine constitutes at least 10 mole % of the diamines, and (c) the aromatic dicarboxylic acid and the long chain aliphatic diamine constitute 60-90 mole % of the total molar amount of dicarboxylic acids and diamines.

Semi-crystalline semi-aromatic polyamide

The invention relates to a process for increasing the molecular weight of a polyamide via solid-state post-condensation by exposing the polyamide in the solid-state at elevated temperature to an inert gas atmosphere, that comprises a step (a) wherein the gas atmosphere to which the polyamide is exposed has a dew temperature T, followed by a step (b) wherein the gas atmosphere to which the polyamide is exposed has a dew temperature T, whereby Tis higher than T. The effect is that a high molecular weight polyamide can be obtained in a shorter production time.

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Kerkrade, Netherlands

Robert C B Crombach