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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1990
Louis M Maresca, Vienna, WV (US);
General Electric Company, Selkirk, NY (US);
Abstract
Polymer compositions comprise a polyphenylene ether resin and a plasticizer of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting CH.sub.2, O and S; Y is different from X and is selected from the group consisting of CH.sub.2, O, CO, S, SO and SO.sub.2 ; Ar is an aromatic ring; Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are individually selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxide, aryl, aryl oxide, nitrile and nitro groups; R is hydrogen or an alkyl group; m is from 0 to 3; n is from 1 to about 10; and a and b are individually from 0 to 4; provided that both X and Y are not simultaneously oxygen. The compositions may further include a polystyrene resin, for example, a rubber-modified polystryene resin.