Claims
- 1. Thermoplastic linear polycarbonate resin composition comprising the polymeric reaction products of:
- (a) a carbonate precursor, and
- (b) at least one dihydric phenol represent by the general formula ##STR17## wherein R is independently selected from hydrogen or lower alkyl radicals,
- R.sup.1 is indepdently selected from halogen radicals,
- X is selected from monocyclic cycloalkylidene radicals containing from 12 to about 16 ring carbon atoms, and
- n and n' are independently selected from whole numbers having a value of from 0 to 2 inclusive, with the proviso that the sum of n plus n' is at least one.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein X is selected from cycloalkylidene radicals containing from 10 to about 16 ring carbon atoms.
- 3. The composition of claim 1 wherein said dihydric phenol is represented by the general formula ##STR18##
- 4. The composition of claim 3 wherein each R and R.sup.1 are in the ortho positions relative to the hydroxyl groups.
- 5. The composition of claim 4 wherein X is a cycloalkylidene radical containing from 10 to about 16 ring carbon atoms.
- 6. The composition of claim 5 wherein n and n' are two.
- 7. The composition of claim 1 which further contains an impact modifying amount of at least one impact modifying compound.
- 8. The composition of claim 1 comprising the polymeric reaction products of
- (a),
- (b), and
- (c) at least one dihydric phenol represented by the general formula ##STR19## wherein R.sup.2 is independently selected from halogen radicals, monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, or monovalent hydrocarbonoxy radicals,
- A is selected from alkylene radicals, alkylidene radicals, cycloalkylene or cycloalkylidene radicals containing from 4 to 6 ring carbon atoms, ##STR20## a is independently selected from whole numbers having a value of from 0 to 4 inclusive, and
- b is either zero or one.
- 9. The composition of claim 8 wherein said dihydric phenol (b) is represented by the general formula ##STR21##
- 10. The composition of claim 9 wherein X is selected from cycloalkylidene radicals containing from 10 to about 16 ring carbon atoms.
- 11. The compsoition of claim 10 wherein each R and R.sup.1 are in the ortho positions relative to the hydroxyl groups.
- 12. The composition of claim 11 wherein n and n' are two.
- 13. The composition of claim 1 which further contains
- (ii) at least one thermoplastic polymer containing the reaction products of
- (d) a carbonate precursor, and
- (e) at least one dihydric phenol represented by the general formula ##STR22## wherein R.sup.2 is independently selected from halogen radicals, monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, or monovalent hydrocarbonoxy radicals,
- A is selected from alkylene radicals, alkylidene radicals, cycloalkylene or cycloalkylidene radicals containing from 4 to 6 ring carbon atoms, ##STR23## a is independently selected from whole numbers having a value of from 0 to 4 inclusive, and
- b is either zero or one.
- 14. The composition of claim 13 wherein said dihydric phenol (e) is bisphenol-A.
- 15. The composition of claim 13 wherein said dihydric phenol (b) is represented by the general formula ##STR24##
- 16. The composition of claim 13 wherein said X is selected from cycloalkylidene radicals containing from 10 to about 16 ring carbon atoms.
- 17. The composition of claim 16 wherein each R and R.sup.1 are in the ortho positions relative to the hydroxyl groups.
- 18. The composition of claim 17 wherein n and n' are two.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of copending application Ser. No. 621,472, filed June 18, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,554,330, which is a continuation in part of abandoned application Ser. No. 453,105, filed on Dec. 27, 1982.
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Divisions (1)
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