Claims
- 1. A thermoplastic composition, comprising:
- (a) an amino group-containing polyphenylene sulfide;
- (b) a hydrogenated block copolymer containing at least one vinyl aromatic compound polymer block, and at least one hydrogenated conjugated diene compound polymer block; and
- (c) polyamide resin;
- wherein the weight ratio of component (a) to component (b) is in the range of 99-50:1-50; and wherein the weight ratio of (a+b):c is in the range of 100:1-63.
- 2. The composition of claim 1, wherein component (a) is prepared by the reaction of at least one halogen-substituted aromatic compound with an alkali metal sulfide.
- 3. The composition of claim 1, wherein component (a) is prepared by the polymerization of an alkali metal sulfide and a dihalobenzene in an organic amide solvent, in the presence of an amino group-containing material which is
- (A) an aromatic halogen compound of the formula
- (X).sub.m Ar(NH.sub.2)n
- in which X is a halogen; Ar is an aromatic hydrocarbon group of 6-18 carbon atoms; m is an integer of 1-4; and n is an integer of 1-4;
- or
- (B) a nitrogen group-containing aromatic compound of the formula
- (NH.sub.2).sub.x Ar(NO.sub.2).sub.y
- in which Ar is an aromatic hydrocarbon group of 6-18 carbon atoms; x is an integer of 0-4; and y is an integer of 1-4; and when x=0, y represents an integer of 2-4.
- 4. The composition of claim 3, wherein the aromatic halogen compound is selected from the group consisting of m-fluoroaniline, o-chloroaniline, m-chloroaniline, p-chloroaniline, 5-chloro-1,3-phenylenediamine; 3,5-dichloroaniline; and mixtures of any of the foregoing.
- 5. The composition of claim 3, wherein the nitrogen group-containing aromatic compound (B) is selected from the group consisting of o-dinitrobenzene, m-dinitrobenzene, p-dinitrobenzene; 1,2,3-trinitrobenzene; nitroaniline; 3-nitro-2-aminotoluene; 3-nitro-o-phenylenediamine; 1-amino-2-nitronaphthalene; 1-amino-2,4-dinitronaphthalene; 9,10-dinitroanthracene; and mixtures of any of the foregoing.
- 6. The composition of claim 3, wherein the dihalobenzene is selected from the group consisting of p-dichlorobenzene, p-dibromobenzene, p-diiodobenzene, m-dichlorobenzene, m-dibromobenzene, m-diiodobenzene; and 1-chloro-4-bromobenzene.
- 7. The composition of claim 3, wherein the amino group content in component (a) is in the range of 0.01-20 mole percent.
- 8. The composition of claim 7, wherein the amino group content is in the range of 0.05-5 mole percent.
- 9. The composition of claim 1, wherein component (b) is derived from a non-hydrogenated block copolymer having a structure selected from the group consisting of A-B; A-B-A; B-A-B-A; A-B-A-B-A; and (A-B).sub.4 -Si; wherein "A" is a vinyl aromatic compound polymer block, and "B" is a conjugated diene compound polymer block.
- 10. The composition of claim 9, wherein the block copolymer is either random or tapered.
- 11. The composition of claim 9, wherein the vinyl aromatic compound is selected from the group consisting of styrene, p-methylstyrene, vinyl toluene, 4-t-butylstyrene; 1,1-diphenylethylene; and mixtures of any of the foregoing.
- 12. The composition of claim 9, wherein the conjugated diene compound is selected from the group consisting of butadiene, isoprene; 1,3-pentadiene; 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene; and mixtures of any of the foregoing.
- 13. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polyamide of component (c) is:
- (A) obtained by the ring-opening polymerization of a lactam compound;
- (B) is derived from an amino acid; or
- (C) is derived from an aliphatic, alicyclic, or aromatic diamine.
- 14. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polyamide is selected from the group consisting of Nylon 6, Nylon 11, Nylon 12, Nylon 6,6; Nylon 4,6; and copolymers of any of the foregoing.
- 15. The composition of claim 1, comprising:
- 99-50 weight percent of component (a);
- 1-50 weight percent of component (b); and
- 1-63 weight percent of component (c);
- based on the combined weights of components (a), (b), and (c).
- 16. The composition of claim 15, comprising:
- 90-50 weight percent of component (a);
- 10-50 weight percent of component (b); and
- 5-60 weight percent of component (c).
- 17. An improved composition, comprising:
- (a) about 50% by weight to about 90% by weight of an amino group-containing containing polyphenylene sulfide;
- (b) about 29% by weight to about 50% by weight of a hydrogenated block copolymer containing at least one vinyl aromatic compound polymer block and at least one hydrogenated conjugated diene compound polymer block; and
- (c) about 1% by weight to about 29% by weight of at least one polyamide resin; based on the combined weights of components (a), (b), and (c).
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/629,875 filed on Dec. 19, 1990, now abandoned.
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