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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1996
Yasuyuki Takiguchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ken Yahata, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasuyoshi Komoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Akira Hayashida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Minoru Takamizawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a process for the preparation of a polycarbodiimide solution wherein the polycarbodiimide is synthesized by heating an organic diisocyanate (e.g., 2,4-tolylene diisocyanate or 2,6-tolylene diisocyanate) in the presence of a carbodiimidation catlayst characterized in that a non-chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon is used as the solvent and the resulting polycarbodiimide has a number average molecular weight from about 3,000 to about 10,000; wherein the synthesis is performed in the temperature range of from about 100.degree. to about 120.degree. C.