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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Ted Calvin Germroth, Kingsport, TN (US);
Gary Wayne Connell, Church Hill, TN (US);
Emmett Dudley Crawford, Kingsport, TN (US);
Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Kingsport, TN (US);
Douglas Stephen Mcwilliams, Kingsport, TN (US);
Benjamin Fredrick Barton, Kingsport, TN (US);
Damon Bryan Shackelford, Kingsport, TN (US);
Ted Calvin Germroth, Kingsport, TN (US);
Gary Wayne Connell, Church Hill, TN (US);
Emmett Dudley Crawford, Kingsport, TN (US);
Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Kingsport, TN (US);
Douglas Stephen McWilliams, Kingsport, TN (US);
Benjamin Fredrick Barton, Kingsport, TN (US);
Damon Bryan Shackelford, Kingsport, TN (US);
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Abstract
Described as one aspect of the invention are polyester compositions containing: (I) at least one polyester which comprises: (a) dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; (ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbons atoms; and (iii) 0 to 10 mole % of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; and (b) a glycol component comprising: (i) 1 to 99 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and (ii) 1 to 99 mole % of cyclohexanedimethanol residues; and (II) at least one thermal stabilizer chosen from at least one alkyl phosphate esters, aryl phosphate esters, mixed alkyl aryl phosphate esters, reaction products thereof, and mixtures thereof; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and wherein the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %.