Resin composition improved in low-temperature impact resistance

a technology of resin composition and impact resistance, which is applied in the field of resin composition improvement in low-temperature impact resistance, can solve the problems of resin deterioration, insufficient impact strength of molded objects in some applications, and bleeding of plasticizers, so as to improve impact resistance and improve impact resistance

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-08-17
DAICEL HULS
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Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition which can have substantially improved impact resistance at low temperatures, while maintaining its tensile properties, flexural properties and heat resistance properties, and to provide a molded article composed of the resin composition.
After intensive investigations to achieve the above objects, the present inventors have found that the incorporation of a glycol or its derivative into a thermoplastic elastomer can substantially improve impact resistance of the resulting molded article at low temperatures, without deterioration of the characteristics of the thermoplastic elastomer (e.g., tensile properties, flexural properties and heat resistance properties). The present invention has been accomplished based on these findings.
The present invention can substantially improve impact resistance at low temperatures without deterioration of the satisfactory physical properties of thermoplastic elastomers, such as tensile properties, flexural properties, and heat resistance properties. This is probably because the glycol or its derivative is incorporated into the soft segment moiety of the thermoplastic elastomer and plays some role to improve impact resistance at low temperatures, whereas details of the reasons are not completely clarified.

Problems solved by technology

However, even if any of these improvements is performed, the resulting molded articles have insufficient impact strength at low temperatures in some applications.
However, the use of large amounts of elastomers invites deteriorated characteristics of the resin, such as strengths (e.g., tensile strength and flexural strength), heat resistance and chemical resistance.
The addition of large amounts of plasticizers causes bleeding of the plasticizers.

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example 1

A total of 100 parts by weight of a polyamide elastomer (produced by Daicel-Huels Ltd., under the trade name of "Daiamide PAE") 0.5 part by weight of an antioxidant (produced by Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, under the trade name of "Irganox 245"), and 2 parts by weight of polypropylene glycol (a reagent produced by Nacalai Tesque, Inc.) were compounded using a biaxial extruder, and the resulting compound was injected and molded at a temperature of 280.degree. C. using an injection molding machine to thereby yield test pieces [a tensile dumbbell (according to ASTM D 638), flexural dumbbell (according to ASTM D 790), and IZOD impact test dumbbell (with notches) (according to ASTM D 256) each according to ASTM specifications].

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A total of 100 parts by weight of a polyamide elastomer (produced by Daicel-Huels Ltd., under the trade name of "Daiamide PAE"), 0.5 part by weight of an antioxidant (produced by Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, under the trade name of "Irganox 245"), and 2 parts by weight of polyethylene propylene glycol (a reagent produced by Nacalai Tesque, Inc.) were compounded using a biaxial extruder, and the resulting compound was injected and molded at a temperature of 280.degree. C. using an injection molding machine to thereby yield test pieces [a tensile dumbbell (according to ASTM D 638), flexural dumbbell (according to ASTM D 790), and IZOD impact test dumbbell (with notches) (according to ASTM D 256) each according to ASTM specifications].

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Abstract

A resin composition of the invention includes a thermoplastic elastomer and a glycol or its derivative. Polyamide- or polyester-based thermoplastic elastomers, for example, can be used as the thermoplastic elastomer. The soft segment of the thermoplastic elastomer may be composed of a polyether or polyester. As the glycol or its derivative, for example, a compound represented by the following Formula (1):(wherein each of R<1 >and R<2 >is, identical to or different from each other, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an acyl group; each of A<1>, A<2 >and A<3 >is, identical to or different from one another, an alkylene group having 2 or more carbon atoms; each of l, m and n is, identical to or different from one another, an integer of 0 or more, where l+m+n>0) can be used. This resin composition can substantially improve impact resistance at low temperatures while maintaining tensile properties, flexural properties and heat resistance properties.

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The present invention relates to resin compositions, and specifically, it relates to resin compositions which are useful for obtaining various molded articles that require impact resistance at low temperatures, and to molded articles composed of the resin compositions.Known methods for increasing impact resistance at low temperatures of molded articles each composed of a thermoplastic resin include a method in which various elastomers (rubber components) are blended with the thermoplastic resin, a method in which a plasticizer is added to the thermoplastic resin, a method in which the aforementioned two methods are combined, and a method in which a thermoplastic elastomer is used.However, even if any of these improvements is performed, the resulting molded articles have insufficient impact strength at low temperatures in some applications. As a solution to this problem, one skilled in the art uses large amounts of various elastomers or adds a plasticizer to the resin to the limit of...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C08K5/00C08L67/00C08K5/06C08L67/02C08L77/00C08K5/053C08J5/00C08L101/00
CPCC08K5/06C08L67/02C08L77/00C08L67/00C08L71/00
Inventor ARITA, HIROAKI
Owner DAICEL HULS
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