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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sukhendu B Hait, Pune, IN;
Swaminathan Sivaram, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528196 ; 528176 ; 526 65 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of poly (ester-carbonate)s from the corresponding oligomers, using solid state polymerization process, which comprises mixing the desired oligomers in a suitable solvent or non-solvent, adding a suitable catalyst to this mixture, refluxing the mixture for a period of 1 to 8 hours, removing the solvent by known methods, polymerization the oligomer mixture in the solid state either in presence of vacuum or under a flow of inn gas at a temperature ranging between 180-240.degree. C. for a period of 5 to 20 hours to obtain the product.