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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
Sabic Innovative Plastics Ip B.v., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Peter Hendrikus Theodorus Vollenberg, Evansville, IN (US);
Christopher Luke Hein, Evansville, IN (US);
Derek Lake, Evansville, IN (US);
Daniel Francis Lowery, Mt. Vernon, IN (US);
Jon M. Malinoski, Evansville, IN (US);
Abstract
A plastic article is described having a thickness of 0.5 mm to 5 mm, comprising a polycarbonate thermoplastic composition including polycarbonates containing phthalimidine carbonate units, said composition providing a heat deflection temperature of at least 145° C., a light transmittance of at least 85%, and CIE 1976 L*, a*, b* values of L* greater than 92, a* between −1.5 and 1.5, and b* between −2.0 and 3.0, when tested in the form of a 3.2 mm thick test sample molded at 580° F. (304° C.) with a 1.7 minute residence time, using CIE illuminant C and 2 degree observer.