The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane composition and use thereof. The thermoplastic polyurethane composition comprises a polyurethane prepared from a polyester polyol and a polyisocyanate as well as an antioxidant. The thermoplastic polyurethane composition of the present invention can be used with other thermoplastic polymers in melt spinning process to prepare bicomponent fibers.

The invention relates to a flame-retardant, polyamide composition containing: as component A) 1 to 96 wt. % of one or more thermoplastic polyamides; as component B) 2 to 25 wt. % of a dialkylphosphinic acid salt of formula (I), where R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent linear, branched or cyclical C1-C18 alkyl, C6-C18 aryl, C7-C18 aryl alkyl and/or C7-C18 alkylaryl; M represents Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogen base; m is 1 to 4; n is 1 to 4; as component C) 1 to 20 wt. % of a salt of phosphoric acid; as component D) 1 to 20 wt. % of one or more condensation products of melamine; as component E) 0 to 50 wt. % of a filler and/or reinforcing agent; as component F) 0 to 2 wt. % of a phosphite or phosphonite or mixtures thereof; and as component G) 0 to 2 wt. % of an ester or salt of long-chained aliphatic carboxylic acids (fatty acids) which typically have chain lengths of C14 to C40, the sum of the components always amounting to 100 wt. %. The invention also relates to the use of said composition.

The invention relates to a flame-retardant, polyamide composition containing: as component A) 1 to 96 wt. % of one or more thermoplastic polyamides; as component B) 2 to 25 wt. % of a dialkylphosphinic acid salt of formula (I), where R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent linear, branched or cyclical C1-C18 alkyl, C6-C18 aryl, C7-C18 aryl alkyl and/or C7-C18 alkylaryl; M represents Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogen base; m is 1 to 4; n is 1 to 4; as component C) 1 to 20 wt. % of a salt of phosphoric acid; as component D) 1 to 20 wt. % of one or more condensation products of melamine; as component E) 0 to 50 wt. % of a filler and/or reinforcing agent; as component F) 0 to 2 wt. % of a phosphite or phosphonite or mixtures thereof; and as component G) 0 to 2 wt. % of an ester or salt of long-chained aliphatic carboxylic acids (fatty acids) which typically have chain lengths of C14 to C40, the sum of the components always amounting to 100 wt. %. The invention also relates to the use of said composition.

The invention relates to a flame-retardant, polyamide composition containing: as component A) 1 to 96 wt. % of one or more thermoplastic polyamides; as component B) 2 to 25 wt. % of a dialkylphosphinic acid salt of formula (I), where R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent linear, branched or cyclical C1-C18 alkyl, C6-C18 aryl, C7-C18 aryl alkyl and/or C7-C18 alkylaryl; M represents Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Li, Na, K and/or a protonated nitrogen base; m is 1 to 4; n is 1 to 4; as component C) 1 to 20 wt. % of a salt of phosphoric acid; as component D) 1 to 20 wt. % of one or more condensation products of melamine; as component E) 0 to 50 wt. % of a filler and/or reinforcing agent; as component F) 0 to 2 wt. % of a phosphite or phosphonite or mixtures thereof; and as component G) 0 to 2 wt. % of an ester or salt of long-chained aliphatic carboxylic acids (fatty acids) which typically have chain lengths of C14 to C40, the sum of the components always amounting to 100 wt. %. The invention also relates to the use of said composition.

The invention relates to a flame retardant mixture comprising 99.9999% to 87% by weight of diorganylphosphinic acid salts as component A) and 0.0001% to 13% by weight of iron as component B), where the sum total of A) and B) is 100% by weight. The invention likewise relates to processes for producing the aforementioned flame retardant mixture and to the use thereof.

The invention relates to a flame retardant mixture comprising 99.9999% to 87% by weight of diorganylphosphinic acid salts as component A) and 0.0001% to 13% by weight of iron as component B), where the sum total of A) and B) is 100% by weight. The invention likewise relates to processes for producing the aforementioned flame retardant mixture and to the use thereof.

The present invention relates to the use of an additive composition for the preparation of polycondensation polymers wherein the additive combination is present in the polycondensation reaction and wherein the additive combination comprises one or more compounds of the formula (A) wherein R.sub.11, R.sub.12, R.sub.13, R.sub.14, R.sub.15, R.sub.16, R.sub.17, and R.sub.18 are independently selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, tert.-butyl, linear or branched pentyl, linear or branched hexyl, linear or branched heptyl, linear or branched octyl or linear and branched nonyl groups, and R.sub.21 and R.sub.22 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, O(C.sub.1-C.sub.6-Acyl) and OR.sub.3, wherein R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, tert.-butyl linear or branched pentyl, linear or branched hexyl, linear or branched heptyl, linear or branched octyl or linear and branched nonyl groups, and one or more sterically hindered organic phosphorous(lll) compounds selected from the group consisting of sterically hindered phenyl phosphonites and sterically hindered phosphites. ##STR00001##

The present invention relates to the use of an additive composition for the preparation of polycondensation polymers wherein the additive combination is present in the polycondensation reaction and wherein the additive combination comprises one or more compounds of the formula (A) wherein R.sub.11, R.sub.12, R.sub.13, R.sub.14, R.sub.15, R.sub.16, R.sub.17, and R.sub.18 are independently selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, tert.-butyl, linear or branched pentyl, linear or branched hexyl, linear or branched heptyl, linear or branched octyl or linear and branched nonyl groups, and R.sub.21 and R.sub.22 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, O(C.sub.1-C.sub.6-Acyl) and OR.sub.3, wherein R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl, tert.-butyl linear or branched pentyl, linear or branched hexyl, linear or branched heptyl, linear or branched octyl or linear and branched nonyl groups, and one or more sterically hindered organic phosphorous(lll) compounds selected from the group consisting of sterically hindered phenyl phosphonites and sterically hindered phosphites. ##STR00001##

A highly hygroscopic sea-island type composite fiber has characteristics (1)-(4) below: (1) the island component in a polymer has hygroscopicity; (2) the ratio of the outermost layer thickness T to the fiber diameter R in a cross section of the fiber is 0.05-0.25; (3) the difference (MR) in moisture absorption rate after hot water treatment is 2.0-10.0%; and (4) the content of a phenol group is 16-160 mmol/kg, wherein the outermost layer thickness is the difference between the radius of the fiber and the radius of a circumscribed circle connecting the vertices of the island component disposed at the outermost circumference, and represents the thickness of the sea component present in the outermost layer.

A highly hygroscopic sea-island type composite fiber has characteristics (1)-(4) below: (1) the island component in a polymer has hygroscopicity; (2) the ratio of the outermost layer thickness T to the fiber diameter R in a cross section of the fiber is 0.05-0.25; (3) the difference (MR) in moisture absorption rate after hot water treatment is 2.0-10.0%; and (4) the content of a phenol group is 16-160 mmol/kg, wherein the outermost layer thickness is the difference between the radius of the fiber and the radius of a circumscribed circle connecting the vertices of the island component disposed at the outermost circumference, and represents the thickness of the sea component present in the outermost layer.