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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Masaaki Miyamoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenji Tsuruhara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tadashi Nishimura, Kitakyushu, JP;
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo-To, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a polycarbonate resin with a reduced volatile chlorine content in which the amount of a chlorinous matter as volatilized from the resin when the resin is heated at 280.degree. C. for 30 minutes and then allowed to stand at room temperature for 3 days is 30 ppb or lower as calculated in terms of the amount of Cl atom. There is also provided a process for producing a polycarbonate resin using phosgene as a raw material, the improvement comprising using phosgene having a chlorine concentration of up to 1,000 ppb as the raw material thereby to provide the resin with a reduced volatile chlorine content.