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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
May. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ben Duh, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Robert Lawrence Blackbourn, Houston, TX (US);
Kathleen Suzanne Kiibler, Katy, TX (US);
Cecilia Zuqi Tse, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 6/00 ;
Abstract
The friability of crystallized PTT and solid stated PTT can be effectively reduced by lowering the temperature of the quenching water used in the pelletizing of the melt polycondensation polymer to between 32° F. (0° C.) and 65° F. (18° C.). In addition, the robustness of solid stated PTT pellets is effectively increased by using a prepolymer with a lower intrinsic viscosity (IV) or by increasing the IV of the solid stated product.