Methods for producing a polyamide having an optical absorber pendent from the polyamide's backbone (OAMB-polyamide) may comprise: esterifying a hydroxyl-pendent optical absorber with a halogen-terminal aliphatic acid to yield a halogen-terminal alkyl-optical absorber; and N-alkylating a polyamide with the halogen-terminal alkyl-optical absorber to yield the OAMB-polyamide. Other methods for producing an OAMB-polyamide may comprise: esterifying a carboxyl-pendent optical absorber with a halogen-terminal aliphatic alcohol to yield a halogen-terminal alkyl-optical absorber; and N-alkylating a polyamide with the modified optical absorber to yield a polyamide having the OAMB-polyamide.

Disclosed are a separator for secondary batteries with enhanced stability and a method of manufacturing the separator. The separator can prevent self-discharge which may occur when a porous non-woven fabric material is used for a separator; can perform a shutdown function at a high temperature of 200 C. or less; and can avoid even under harsh conditions of high temperatures, deterioration in stability caused by internal short-circuit of positive and negative electrodes. In particular, the separator for secondary batteries of the present invention includes a porous non-woven fabric material impregnated with a baroplastic polymer powder and pores of the porous non-woven fabric material are filled with the baroplastic polymer powder by pressing an assembly of the secondary battery.

Disclosed are a separator for secondary batteries with enhanced stability and a method of manufacturing the separator. The separator can prevent self-discharge which may occur when a porous non-woven fabric material is used for a separator; can perform a shutdown function at a high temperature of 200 C. or less; and can avoid even under harsh conditions of high temperatures, deterioration in stability caused by internal short-circuit of positive and negative electrodes. In particular, the separator for secondary batteries of the present invention includes a porous non-woven fabric material impregnated with a baroplastic polymer powder and pores of the porous non-woven fabric material are filled with the baroplastic polymer powder by pressing an assembly of the secondary battery.

A polymeric composition is disclosed which includes from about 40 to about 99 weight percent of a first polymer and from about 1 to about 60 weight percent of polybutylene(succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA). Preferably the first polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, polylactic acid, polyhydroxy alkanoates, and mixtures thereof. A method for making the composition is also disclosed.

A polymeric composition is disclosed which includes from about 40 to about 99 weight percent of a first polymer and from about 1 to about 60 weight percent of polybutylene(succinate-co-adipate) (PBSA). Preferably the first polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, polylactic acid, polyhydroxy alkanoates, and mixtures thereof. A method for making the composition is also disclosed.

Plasiticized polyvinylacetal films with greater film-to-film uniformity are produced by a process of extruding a melt stream containing a polyvinyl acetal and a plasticizer at 150-250 C., the film having a predefined melt viscosity at 60-170 C., by providing a first melt stream of at least a first plasticizer and a first polyvinyl acetal resin and measuring its melt viscosity at 60-170 C. online; and adjusting the 60-170 C. melt viscosity by adding a second plasticizer and/or a second polyvinyl acetal resin to the first melt stream in an amount to provide a second melt stream with a melt viscosity at 60-170 C. having a difference of at most 20% to the predefined melt viscosity at 60-170 C.

Plasiticized polyvinylacetal films with greater film-to-film uniformity are produced by a process of extruding a melt stream containing a polyvinyl acetal and a plasticizer at 150-250 C., the film having a predefined melt viscosity at 60-170 C., by providing a first melt stream of at least a first plasticizer and a first polyvinyl acetal resin and measuring its melt viscosity at 60-170 C. online; and adjusting the 60-170 C. melt viscosity by adding a second plasticizer and/or a second polyvinyl acetal resin to the first melt stream in an amount to provide a second melt stream with a melt viscosity at 60-170 C. having a difference of at most 20% to the predefined melt viscosity at 60-170 C.

The invention relates to a compounding method for producing impact-modified polycarbonate compositions using components acting as an alkali or using alkaline constituent-containing components. By using the method according to the invention, the harmful influence of the components acting as an alkali on the properties of polycarbonate molding compositions or the surface of molded bodies produced therefrom is counteracted. The method has the steps (i), (ii), and optionally (iii), wherein (i) in a first step A) 10 to 98 wt. % of at least one polymer selected from the group of aromatic polycarbonates and aromatic polyester carbonates, B) 0.001 to 0.3 wt. % of at least one organic Brnsted acid, i.e. a carbon and hydrogen-containing Brnsted acid, C) 0.0001 to 0.008 wt. % of at least one inorganic Brnsted acidic phosphorus compound, i.e. a Brnsted acidic phosphorus compound which does not contain carbon, D) 1 to 90 wt. % of at least one rubber-containing vinyl(co)polymerisate, E) 0 to 90 wt. % of at least one polyester, and F) 0 to 30 wt. % of at least one additive, the ratio of the weight percentages of the components B to C used in method step (i) ranging from 2 to 100, are heated by supplying thermal and/or mechanical energy, whereby at least the components A) and D) are melted and all of the components used are mixed together, dissolved into one another, or dispersed into one another, and in an additional step (ii), the melt (ii) resulting from method step (i) is resolidified by cooling and (iii) optionally granulated. The method steps (ii) and (iii) can be carried out in any order. The invention also relates to compositions produced according to the method, to the use thereof for producing molded bodies, to the molded bodies themselves, and to the use of the mixtures of B and C for stabilizing impact-modified polycarbonate compositions.

The invention relates to a compounding method for producing impact-modified polycarbonate compositions using components acting as an alkali or using alkaline constituent-containing components. By using the method according to the invention, the harmful influence of the components acting as an alkali on the properties of polycarbonate molding compositions or the surface of molded bodies produced therefrom is counteracted. The method has the steps (i), (ii), and optionally (iii), wherein (i) in a first step A) 10 to 98 wt. % of at least one polymer selected from the group of aromatic polycarbonates and aromatic polyester carbonates, B) 0.001 to 0.3 wt. % of at least one organic Brnsted acid, i.e. a carbon and hydrogen-containing Brnsted acid, C) 0.0001 to 0.008 wt. % of at least one inorganic Brnsted acidic phosphorus compound, i.e. a Brnsted acidic phosphorus compound which does not contain carbon, D) 1 to 90 wt. % of at least one rubber-containing vinyl(co)polymerisate, E) 0 to 90 wt. % of at least one polyester, and F) 0 to 30 wt. % of at least one additive, the ratio of the weight percentages of the components B to C used in method step (i) ranging from 2 to 100, are heated by supplying thermal and/or mechanical energy, whereby at least the components A) and D) are melted and all of the components used are mixed together, dissolved into one another, or dispersed into one another, and in an additional step (ii), the melt (ii) resulting from method step (i) is resolidified by cooling and (iii) optionally granulated. The method steps (ii) and (iii) can be carried out in any order. The invention also relates to compositions produced according to the method, to the use thereof for producing molded bodies, to the molded bodies themselves, and to the use of the mixtures of B and C for stabilizing impact-modified polycarbonate compositions.

Disclosed is the use of a composition of aliphatic esters having the following general formula: R.sub.1OC(O)R.sub.4C(O)[OR.sub.2OC(O)R.sub.5C(O)].sub.mOR.sub.3, in which: R.sub.1 is selected from one or more of the groups consisting of H, linear and branched saturated and unsaturated alkyl residues of the C.sub.1-C.sub.24 type, and polyol residues esterified with C.sub.1-C.sub.24 monocarboxylic acids; R.sub.2 comprises CH.sub.2C(CH.sub.3).sub.2CH.sub.2 and C.sub.2-C.sub.8 alkylene groups, and comprises at least 50% in moles of the said CH.sub.2C(CH.sub.3).sub.2CH.sub.2 groups; R.sub.3 is selected from one or more of the groups consisting of H, linear and branched saturated and unsaturated alkyl residues of the C.sub.1-C.sub.24 type, and polyol residues esterified with C.sub.1-C.sub.24 monocarboxylic acids; R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 comprise one or more C.sub.2-C.sub.22 alkylenes and comprise at least 50% in moles of C.sub.7 alkylenes; and m lies between 1 and 20, as plasticizers for polymer compositions, for example, vinyl polymers of the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) type, thermoplastic elastomers, and hydroxy acid polyesters, for example polyesters of lactic acid.