	US 11,814,479 B2
	Composition, method for the manufacture thereof, article formed therefrom, and reinforced thermoplastic composite comprising the composition
Yi Li, Guilderland, NY (US); and Kayoko Onda, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to SHPP Global Technologies B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Appl. No. 17/922,040
Filed by SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom (NL)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/052412 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/220072, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20172451 (EP), filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159701 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. C08G 65/48 (2006.01); C08G 69/14 (2006.01); C08G 69/26 (2006.01); C08J 5/04 (2006.01); C08K 5/20 (2006.01); C08L 23/16 (2006.01); C08L 25/06 (2006.01); C08L 25/08 (2006.01); C08L 53/00 (2006.01); C08K 5/053 (2006.01)

CPC C08G 65/485 (2013.01) [C08G 69/14 (2013.01); C08G 69/26 (2013.01); C08J 5/042 (2013.01); C08K 5/053 (2013.01); C08K 5/20 (2013.01); C08L 23/16 (2013.01); C08L 25/06 (2013.01); C08L 25/08 (2013.01); C08L 53/005 (2013.01); C08L 2205/025 (2013.01); C08L 2205/035 (2013.01)]

11 Claims

1. A composition comprising

10 to 65 weight percent of a poly(phenylene ether);

30 to 70 weight percent of a first polyamide, wherein the first polyamide is polyamide-6, polyamide-6,6, or a combination thereof, and wherein the first polyamide has an amine end group concentratio of 40 to 70 milliequivalents per kilogram;

1 to 10 weight percent of a hydrogenated block copolymer of an alkenyl aromatic and a conjugated diene; and

0.5 to 10 weight percent of bisphenoxyethanol fluorene;

wherein weight percent of each component is based on the total weight of the composition;

wherein the composition further comprises:

1 to 10 weight percent of stearyl erucamide; or

1 to 30 weight percent of a polystyrene homopolymer; and

wherein the composition exhibits each of the following properties;

a notched Charpy impact strength of greater than 5 kilojoules per meter², as determined according to ISO 179; and

a water absorption of less than 0.5%, as determined according to ISO 62; and

a melt volume flow rate of greater than 15 cm³/10 minutes, as determined according to ISO 1133 at 280° C. under a 2.16 kilogram load and a 300 second dwell time.