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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2003
Katsuhiro Fujimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yoichiro Azuma, Kurashiki, JP;
Tsutomu Hisada, Nobeoka, JP;
Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A polytrimethylene terephthalate resin comprising: 90 to 100 mole % of trimethylene terephthalate recurring units, and 0 to 10 mole % of at least one monomer unit obtained from a comonomer other than the monomers used for forming the recurring units and copolymerizable with at least one of the monomers used for forming the recurring units, which resin has the following characteristics: (A) an intrinsic viscosity [η] of from 0.8 to 4.0 dl/g; (B) an Mw/Mn of from 2.0 to 2.7; (C) a psychometric lightness L-value (L-1) of from 70 to 100 and a psychometric chroma b*-value (b*-1) of from −5 to 25; and (D) a psychometric lightness L-value (L-2) of from 70 to 100 and a psychometric chroma b*-value (b*-2) of from −5 to 25 as measured after heating the resin at 180° C. for 24 hours in air.