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Prepration of shaped articles of intractable polymers
Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1982-03-26
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Granted: 1984-01-31
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Expires: 2002-03-26
Abstract
Abstract Shaped articles composed of polymers formed from residues which are not melt processable characterized in that the shaped article has been formed from a readily processable melt of a copolymer containing said residues together with in-chain temperature labile residues and has been subsequently heated to remove the labile constituents with recombination of the resultant polymeric residues. Preferably the processable melt should be in the form of an anisotropic melt so that the shaped article may be in oriented form prior to removal of the residues. Typically the shaped articles are articles of thin section composed of p-hydroxybenzoic acid residues.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald G. Feasey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 19:22
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08G; C08G63/00; C08G63/02; C08G63/60; C08G63/605; C08G63/06; C08G63/065; D; D01; D01F; D01F6/00; D01F6/78; D01F6/84
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
A process for preparing a shaped article of a normally intractable polymer comprising forming a shaped article of a melt processable copolymer comprising: (1) the recurring units which make up the intractable polymer and (2) labile in-chain polymer recurring units, heating the copolymer article under conditions such that the labile units are removed from the copolymer and the remaining units combine to form an intractable polymer wherein the integrity of the shaped article is maintained.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
75 words
A process for preparing a shaped article of a normally intractable polymer comprising forming a shaped article of a melt processable copolymer comprising: (1) the recurring units which make up the intractable polymer and (2) labile in-chain polymer recurring units, heating the copolymer article under conditions such that the labile units are removed from the copolymer and the remaining units combine to form an intractable polymer wherein the integrity of the shaped article is maintained.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
A process according to claim 1 in which the labile recurring units of the copolymer used to form the shaped article are selected from recurring units of formulae: ##STR9## wherein R may be hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or alkyl groups containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, caprolactam, caprolactone and substituted caprolactams and substituted caprolactones.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the shaped article is oriented prior to the removal of the labile recurring units.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process of forming a film or a fibre of a normally intractable polymer according to the process of claim 1 wherein a film or fibre is made from the melt processable polymer and the film or fibre is restrained from shrinking during the removal of the labile recurring units.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 1 in which a shaped article consisting essentially of residues of p-hydroxybenzoic acid results after removal of the labile recurring units.
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