Basf Se Corporation

Invista North America S.a.r.l.

Basf Corporation

Zhenguo Liu

Xiaoyan Huang

David Schiraldi

Stephen J Hanley

Hui Wang

John Joseph Steger

Mark Thomas Buelow

Ting Liu

Zhen Wei

John Kauffman

Laif R Alden

William J McMaster

Simon Kniesel

Chao Liu

Qiong Han

Siqi Xue

Geoffrey R Scantlebury

Roland Helmut Kraemer

Sanjay Mehta

Frank Aadahl

Raghuram Gummaraju

Dai Watanabe

Sanja Mehta

Eason Sun

Qiong Jie Han

Zhen Ke Wei

The present invention relates to a polybutylene terephthalate composition, comprising as component (A) polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin, as component (B) polyester copolymer with melting point from 105° C. to 185° C., as component (C) vinyl-based polymer, and optionally as component (D) glass bubbles. The present invention also relates to a composite of plastic/metal hybrid, which comprises metal article and the polybutylene terephthalate composition of the present invention which is joined to and integrated with the metal article.

Polybutylene terephthalate composition and a composite of plastic/metal hybrid

A composition comprises polyalkylene terephthalate and terpolymer of alkylene diol, isophthalic acid and terephthalic acid, and polyalkylene terephthalate reinforcing fiber. The composition may be used to form an article, alone or with other thermoplastic material, at lower processing temperature, with higher melt flowability. The article formed is characterized with lower warpage and improved mechanical properties. The article may be useful for automotive, electrical, household, construction, and industrial applications. A method of preparing such thermoplastic polyester is also disclosed.

Composition of reinforced polyalkylene terephthalate, preparation and use thereof

The present invention relates to a polyester composition comprising: (A) 15 to 99 wt % of polyester blend of two or more polyesters based on the total weight of the polyester composition, (B) 0.05 to 5 wt % of a transesterification accelerator based on the total weight of the polyester composition, wherein the transesterification accelerator comprises alkali metal carbonate salt, alkali earth metal carbonate salt, alkali metal bicarbonate salt, alkali earth metal bicarbonate salt and combination thereof, (C) optionally a reinforcing filler, and (D) optionally further an additive. The present invention also relates to an article prepared from the polyester composition and a method of preparing the article.

Transesterification of polyesters

A polyamide composition comprises a polyamide, an anhydride-functional copolymer reactive with the polyamide, and a poly (ethylene-co-methacrylic acid) ionomer. A pneumatic tire assembly includes an inner liner which is formed from the polyamide composition. The inner liner comprises the reaction product of the polyamide and the anhydride-functional copolymer, as well as the (ethylene-co-methacrylic acid) ionomer.

Inner liner for a pneumatic tire assembly

The present invention describes both a stretch-blow-molded opaque polyester container and a method of making it. The container, typically a beverage bottle has less than 15% transmission of visible light (500 nm) through a 0.4 millimeter wall thickness. It contains from about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of said opacifying material. The opacifying material may be any material compatible with polyester resin. The method of making the container includes introducing the opacifying material during polymerization, or prepared as a master batch for mixing with the polymer. Selection of certain opacifying materials can also result in favorable reheat properties, gas permeation-barrier improvements, and when the resin contains both opacifying material and oxygen scavenger there can be a synergistic effect with respect to COpermeation.

Opaque polyester containers

A method of adhering a particulate material, such as a hydrocarbon adsorbent material and/or a catalytic material, to a plastic surface, and products comprising the adhered material are disclosed.

Polymeric trap with adsorbent

A single layer fuel tank includes a polyamide component, an impact modifier, and a binding filler. The polyamide component has a polyamide selected from the group of polyamide 6, polyamide 6/6, polyamide 6/66, and combinations thereof. The polyamide component also includes up to 5 parts by weight of polyamide oligomers per 100 parts by weight of the polyamide component. The impact modifier is an organic copolymer and is present in an amount of up to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the fuel tank. The binding filler is not covalently bonded to the polyamide and includes at least one of a silica and a cyclodextrin. In addition, the binding filler is present in an amount of up to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the fuel tank.

Single layer fuel tank

The present invention comprises a blend of polyester and a partially aromatic polyamide with an ionic compatibilizer and a cobalt salt. This blend can be processed into a container that has both active and passive oxygen barrier and carbon dioxide barrier properties at an improved color and clarity than containers known in the art. The partially aromatic polyamide is preferably meta-xylylene adipamide. The ionic compatibilizer is preferably 5-sodiumsulfoisophthalic acid or 5-zincsulfoisophthalic acid, or their dialkyl esters such as the dimethyl ester (SIM) and glycol ester (SIPEG). The cobalt salt is selected form the class of cobalt acetate, cobalt carbonate, cobalt chloride, cobalt hydroxide, cobalt naphthenate, cobalt oleate, cobalt linoleate, cobalt octoate, cobalt stearate, cobalt nitrate, cobalt phosphate, cobalt sulfate, cobalt (ethylene glycolate), or mixtures of two or more of these. The partially aromatic polyamide is present in a range from about 1 to about 10 wt. % of said composition. The ionic compatibilizer is present in a range from about 0.1 to about 2.0 mol-% of said composition. The cobalt salt is present in a range from about 20 to about 500 ppm of said composition.

Method to make single-layer pet bottles with high barrier and improved clarity

Method to make single-layer PET bottles with high barrier and improved clarity

The present invention relates to a melt blend of a base polymer, an oxidizable organic polymer, a transition metal salt catalyst and a colorant that does not completely deactivate the catalyzed oxidation. A preferred colorant, yields in an article made from the polymer melt blend a Catalyst Deactivation Factor (CDF) of less than about 0.25, preferably less than 0.15, more preferably less than 0.1, and most preferred less than 0.05. The present invention also comprises a colored monolayer article having the described CDF, such as a film, thermoformed tray, or blow molded container, that has active oxygen scavenging properties. The colorant, after melt blending a base polymer, an oxidizable organic polymer, a transition metal catalyst, does not increase the binding energy of the transition metal catalyst ion by more than 1 eV.

Colored oxygen scavenging polymers

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