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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rudolf Pfaendner, Rimbach, DE;
Kornelia Malzacher, Lindenfels, DE;
Assignee:
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/3445 ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 5/3445 ; C08L / ;
Abstract
A polymer composition comprising a) a thermoplastic polymer, b) a polyfunctional epoxy compound and c) an imidazolidone compound. The invention relates also to a method of improving the gloss of such polymers, to the polymers themselves with improved gloss, and also to the use of polyfunctional epoxy compounds and imidazolidones for improving gloss.