A heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder. (i) The heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder is manufactured from separation liquid. (ii) The heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder is obtained by subjecting the separation liquid to solid-liquid separation to obtain a raw material fine powder polyarylene sulfide. Thereafter the raw material fine powder polyarylene sulfide is subjected to pre-heat treatment and heat treatment. (iii) The heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder has an average particle size of from 1 to 80 m. (iv) The heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder has a melt viscosity of 1 Pa.Math.s or greater. (v) A generated gas amount of the heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide is 10 ppm or less.

A heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder. (i) The heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder is manufactured from separation liquid. (ii) The heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder is obtained by subjecting the separation liquid to solid-liquid separation to obtain a raw material fine powder polyarylene sulfide. Thereafter the raw material fine powder polyarylene sulfide is subjected to pre-heat treatment and heat treatment. (iii) The heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder has an average particle size of from 1 to 80 m. (iv) The heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide powder has a melt viscosity of 1 Pa.Math.s or greater. (v) A generated gas amount of the heat treated fine polyarylene sulfide is 10 ppm or less.

The present invention provides a production method and a production apparatus for a polyarylene sulfide (PAS), thus the formation of a floating polymer and the leakage of the floating polymer to the outside of the vessel in a washing step are prevented, to achieve steady production of the polymer with high quality, to improve the yield of the polymer and to reduce environmental load, wherein the floating polymer refers to a particles of the polymer which are floating on the surface of a washing solution, in the upper part of the inside of a washing vessel, as a result of the adhesion of a gas onto the surface of the particles of the polymer.

The present invention provides a production method for a PAS comprising step (I), performing polymerization, step (II), separating and collecting a polymer, step (III), washing a slurry, and step (IV), collecting the polymer after washing, wherein an aqueous medium is sprayed onto a PAS floating on the surface of the aqueous washing solution in the upper part of the inside of the washing vessel in step (III) (step (IIIa), washing a slurry using a counter current, and/or step (IIIb), treating a slurry with acid using a counter current, or the like); and a production apparatus for a PAS comprising a washing device (counter current washing device and/or a counter current contact/acid treatment device or the like) having an aqueous medium spray means.

Described herein are poly(arylene sulfide) (PAS) polymers (PASP) including recurring units formed from a dihalocarbazole containing monomer. It was surprisingly found that such monomers could be incorporated into PAS polymers at desirable concentrations to provide improved amine content. Additionally, it was surprisingly found that, relative to PAS homopolymers and PAS polymers incorporating recurring units with primary amines, the PAS polymers (PASP) described herein and increased glass transition temperatures (T.sub.g). The PAS polymers (PASP), and PAS polymer compositions, can be desirably incorporated into wide variety of articles including, but not limited to, automotive articles and oil and gas articles.

Described herein are poly(arylene sulfide) (PAS) polymers (PASP) including recurring units formed from a dihalocarbazole containing monomer. It was surprisingly found that such monomers could be incorporated into PAS polymers at desirable concentrations to provide improved amine content. Additionally, it was surprisingly found that, relative to PAS homopolymers and PAS polymers incorporating recurring units with primary amines, the PAS polymers (PASP) described herein and increased glass transition temperatures (T.sub.g). The PAS polymers (PASP), and PAS polymer compositions, can be desirably incorporated into wide variety of articles including, but not limited to, automotive articles and oil and gas articles.

Described herein are poly(arylene sulfide) (PAS) polymers (PASP) including recurring units formed from selected dihalofluorene monomers. Surprisingly, at relative low dihalofluorene monomer concentrations, the PAS polymers (PASP) have significantly increased glass transition temperatures (T.sub.g) and impact performance, relative to analogous PAS homopolymers and PAS polymers (PASP) including recurring units formed from 4,4-dibromobiphenyl (DBBP). Simultaneously, the PAS polymers (PASP) also retain high elastic modulus. Furthermore, the PAS polymers (PASP) are free of recurring units formed from polyhalogenated biphenyls (e.g. DBBP and polychlorinated biphenyls) and, therefore, are not currently subject to restrictive governmental regulation. Due at least in part to the excellent thermal (T.sub.g, T.sub.c and T.sub.m) and impact properties of the PAS polymers (PASP), the PAS polymers (PASP) and PAS polymer compositions can be desirably incorporated into wide variety of articles including, but not limited to, automotive articles, electrical and electronic articles, articles for aerospace and oil and gas articles.

Described herein are poly(arylene sulfide) (PAS) polymers (PASP) including recurring units formed from selected dihalofluorene monomers. Surprisingly, at relative low dihalofluorene monomer concentrations, the PAS polymers (PASP) have significantly increased glass transition temperatures (T.sub.g) and impact performance, relative to analogous PAS homopolymers and PAS polymers (PASP) including recurring units formed from 4,4-dibromobiphenyl (DBBP). Simultaneously, the PAS polymers (PASP) also retain high elastic modulus. Furthermore, the PAS polymers (PASP) are free of recurring units formed from polyhalogenated biphenyls (e.g. DBBP and polychlorinated biphenyls) and, therefore, are not currently subject to restrictive governmental regulation. Due at least in part to the excellent thermal (T.sub.g, T.sub.c and T.sub.m) and impact properties of the PAS polymers (PASP), the PAS polymers (PASP) and PAS polymer compositions can be desirably incorporated into wide variety of articles including, but not limited to, automotive articles, electrical and electronic articles, articles for aerospace and oil and gas articles.

The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing high-activity polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) by regulating and controlling a water content in a polymerization process and a high-efficiency polyphenylene sulfide resin prepared thereby. The preparation method includes: carrying out a polycondensation reaction with sodium hydrosulfide and p-dichlorobenzene as raw materials and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a solvent until a conversion rate of the p-dichlorobenzene reaches 97% or above, adding deionized water, reducing the temperature in a reactor to 250-260 C. for heat preservation for 1-3 h, and performing cooling for post-treatment; and calculated with the sodium hydrosulfide as 1.0 mol, a molar amount of the added deionized water is 1.0-2.5 mol. The method for preparing high-activity polyphenylene sulfide disclosed in the present disclosure can be simultaneously realized in a PPS polymerization process, and that is to say, an end-capping reagent is not required to be additionally added to affect the molecular weight and thermal stability of the finally prepared PPS; and activation treatment is also not required to be performed after the PPS resin is prepared to additionally increase the technological process and the production cost.

A metal memberpolyarylene sulfide resin member complex superior in airtightness between the metal member and the polyarylene sulfide (PAS) resin member and a production method therefor, in which the complex comprises a metal member and a PAS member combined together into a one-piece shaped article by injection molding and satisfies conditions 1) and 2) as described, and the PAS resin member contains a PAS resin and a modified ethylene copolymer.

A metal memberpolyarylene sulfide resin member complex superior in airtightness between the metal member and the polyarylene sulfide (PAS) resin member and a production method therefor, in which the complex comprises a metal member and a PAS member combined together into a one-piece shaped article by injection molding and satisfies conditions 1) and 2) as described, and the PAS resin member contains a PAS resin and a modified ethylene copolymer.