To provide a method for producing granular polyarylene sulfide (hereinafter, PAS), the method capable of providing granular PAS having high particle strength and low melt viscosity in high yield without using special additives and the like; and granular PAS.

A method according to the present invention is a method for producing granular PAS having a melt viscosity of from 1 to 30 Pa.s, which is measured at a temperature of 310 C. and a shear rate of 1216/s, by polymerizing a sulfur source and a dihalo aromatic compound in an organic amide solvent.

To provide a method for producing granular polyarylene sulfide (hereinafter, PAS), the method capable of providing granular PAS having high particle strength and low melt viscosity in high yield without using special additives and the like; and granular PAS.

A method according to the present invention is a method for producing granular PAS having a melt viscosity of from 1 to 30 Pa.s, which is measured at a temperature of 310 C. and a shear rate of 1216/s, by polymerizing a sulfur source and a dihalo aromatic compound in an organic amide solvent.

The production method of the present invention includes: a supplying step of supplying reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels that mutually communicate through a gas phase; a polymerizing step of carrying out a polymerization reaction; and a step of removing at least some of the water present in the reaction vessels. Each of the steps is carried out in parallel, and a reaction mixture is transferred sequentially between the reaction vessels. The amount of water contained in the reaction mixture in at least one of the reaction vessels is from 0.1 moles to less than 3 moles per mole of a sulfur source, and the total amount of water contained in the reaction raw materials that are supplied is 3 moles or more per mole of the sulfur source.

The production method of the present invention includes: a supplying step of supplying reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels mutually communicated through a gas phase; a polymerizing step of carrying out a polymerization reaction; and a step of removing at least some of the water present in the reaction vessels. Each of the steps is carried out in parallel, and a reaction mixture is transferred sequentially between the reaction vessels. The total amount of water contained in the reaction raw materials in at least one of the reaction vessels to which the reaction raw materials are supplied is 3 moles or more per mole of the sulfur source, and the internal temperature of at least one of the reaction vessels to which the reaction raw materials are supplied is from 180 C. to 300 C.

The production method of the present invention includes a step of supplying an organic polar solvent, a sulfur source, and a dihalo aromatic compound as reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels mutually communicated via a gas phase; a step of removing at least a portion of the water present in the reaction vessels; and a step of performing a polymerization reaction. These steps are carried out in parallel, and the reaction mixture is sequentially moved between reaction vessels. At that time, the internal temperatures of the reaction vessels are all not less than 150 C.

A method for preparing polyarylene sulfide that can control a viscosity grade thereof by adjusting the molar ratio of water and amide-based compounds present in a polymerization reaction.

A method for preparing polyarylene sulfide that can control a viscosity grade thereof by adjusting the molar ratio of water and amide-based compounds present in a polymerization reaction.

The production method of the present invention includes: a supplying step of supplying reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels that mutually communicate through a gas phase; a polymerizing step of carrying out a polymerization reaction; and a step of removing at least some of the water present in the reaction vessels. Each of the steps is carried out in parallel, and a reaction mixture is transferred sequentially between the reaction vessels. The amount of water contained in the reaction mixture in at least one of the reaction vessels is from 0.1 moles to less than 3 moles per mole of a sulfur source, and the total amount of water contained in the reaction raw materials that are supplied is 3 moles or more per mole of the sulfur source.

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.