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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528287 ; 524605 ; 528272 ; 528274 ; 528275 ; 528286 ; 528293 ;
Abstract
A fast crystallizing polyester wherein the polyester has an intrinsic viscosity of greater than 0.3 and at least 90 mole % of the repeating units of the polyester are residues obtained from aromatic diacids or hydroxyacids and aliphatic diols characterized in that at least some of the acid end groups of the polyester have the formula --Y.sup.- M.sup.+ where M is an alkaline metal ion and Y is an anion selected from carboxylate, sulphinate, phosphinate, phosphate, sulphonate, phosphite and borate ions, which ionized end groups have been produced during polymerization of the polyester by either: