The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a modified polycarbonate comprising reacting polycarbonate with at least one primary amide in a melt mixing device at a temperature of at least 230° C. for a period of at least 0.5 minutes.

The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a modified polycarbonate comprising reacting polycarbonate with at least one primary amide in a melt mixing device at a temperature of at least 230° C. for a period of at least 0.5 minutes.

The present invention relates to a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer using a hydroxyl terminated polysiloxane mixture, and a method for producing same, and more specifically, to: a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer which includes hydroxy-terminated polysiloxanes of chemical formulae 1 and 2 in a specific weight ratio as repeating units, and thus exhibits excellent transmittance and low-temperature impact strength compared to the case of using either of the hydroxy-terminated polysiloxanes by itself, and in which the overall production yield of the raw material polysiloxane is improved, such that the polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer is excellent in terms of economics; and a method for producing same.

The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a (co)polycarbonate comprising reacting tetrabromo bisphenol A and optionally one or more bisphenol comonomer(s) with phosgene wherein the tetrabromo bisphenol A contains an amount of tetrabromo bisphenol A dimer of at most 3.0 wt.% based on the weight of the tetrabromo bisphenol A, determined after heat treating the tetrabromo bisphenol A at a temperature of 260° C. for a period of 15 minutes.

The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a (co)polycarbonate comprising reacting tetrabromo bisphenol A and optionally one or more bisphenol comonomer(s) with phosgene wherein the tetrabromo bisphenol A contains an amount of tetrabromo bisphenol A dimer of at most 3.0 wt.% based on the weight of the tetrabromo bisphenol A, determined after heat treating the tetrabromo bisphenol A at a temperature of 260° C. for a period of 15 minutes.

A process for preparing polycarbonate by the phase interface process in the presence of at least one catalyst, wherein immediately after the optionally first addition of the at least one catalyst, from 0.01 to 20 J/kg of mixing energy is introduced into the system comprising the at least one catalyst within a time of from 2 to 1200 s. A mixture, an organic phase, and a process for distributing at least one catalyst in a system comprising an organic phase and an aqueous phase are also disclosed herein.

A process for preparing polycarbonate by the phase interface process in the presence of at least one catalyst, wherein immediately after the optionally first addition of the at least one catalyst, from 0.01 to 20 J/kg of mixing energy is introduced into the system comprising the at least one catalyst within a time of from 2 to 1200 s. A mixture, an organic phase, and a process for distributing at least one catalyst in a system comprising an organic phase and an aqueous phase are also disclosed herein.

Provided is a transparent film having advantages such as excellent heat resistance, a birefringence that is not easily affected by the film forming conditions, and being uniform. According to one embodiment, there is provided a transparent film including a resin composition that includes a polycarbonate resin (A) having a structural unit represented by formula (1) and having a photoelastic coefficient of 80×10.sup.−12 m.sup.2/N or less. ##STR00001##

The present application provides a polycarbonate-based coating resin composition having high adhesiveness, more specifically provides a polycarbonate resin composition that contains not less than 0.1 parts by mass of a polyisocyanate compound and 100 parts by mass of a terminal-modified polycarbonate resin (A) having a structural unit (2) and a terminal structure represented by structural formula (1). [In formula (1) and formula (2), R.sub.1-R.sub.7, X, Y, Z, and a are as described in the description.]

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The present application addresses the problem of providing a new method for producing a polycarbonate resin having excellent properties. This problem has been solved by providing a method for producing a polycarbonate resin containing a constituent unit derived from an aromatic dihydroxy compound represented by formula (1). The method includes polymerizing the aromatic dihydroxy compound represented by formula (1). During the polymerization, a raw material substance is used in which the concentration of compounds represented by formula (2), which are impurities, is 80 ppm or less relative to the total weight of the aromatic dihydroxy compound represented by formula (1) and the compounds represented by formula (2). (In formula (1) and formula (2), R.sub.1 to R.sub.3, X, a, b, m and n are as described in the description of the present application.)

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