Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition, including a polycarbonate-based resin composition (A) including: 90 mass % to 10 mass % of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A-1); and 10 mass % to 90 mass % of a recycled material (A-2) containing a polycarbonate-based resin, in which a content of a polyorganosiloxane block moiety in the polycarbonate-based resin composition is from 0.7 mass % to 40 mass %.

Provided are a copolycarbonate having superior weather resistance as well as excellent mechanical properties, and a preparation method thereof.

Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition, including, with respect to 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A), 0.005 part by mass to 1 part by mass of a phosphorus-based compound (B) having an aryl group, and 0.005 part by mass to 5 parts by mass of a polyether compound (C) having a specific polyoxyalkylene structure, in which: an amount of a compound having a phenol structure produced by decomposition of the phosphorus-based compound (B) 1,500 hours after standing thereof under conditions of 40° C. and a humidity of 90% is 5 mass % or less with respect to the phosphorus-based compound (B); and when a weight of the phosphorus-based compound (B) is measured with a thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis machine under a nitrogen atmosphere, a temperature at which the weight becomes smaller than the weight before the measurement by 2% is 340° C. or more.

Provided is a polycarbonate resin having excellent solubility in low-boiling-point non-halogenated solvents and having a high glass transition temperature. The polycarbonate resin includes constituent units (A) represented by general formula (1) and constituent units (B) represented by general formula (2), the molar ratio of the constituent units (A) to the constituent units (B), A/B, being 45/55 to 95/5.

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Provided is a branched polycarbonate resin, including a constituent unit represented by the general formula (I′).

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A polycarbonate resin of the present invention is characterized by comprising repeating units represented by Formula 1, Formula 2, Formula 3 and Formula 4, respectively.

A copolycarbonate included 2-95 mole percent of high heat carbonate units derived from a high heat aromatic dihydroxy monomer, wherein a polycarbonate homopolymer derived from the high heat aromatic dihydroxy monomer has a glass transition temperature of 175-330 C determined by differential scanning calorimetry as per ASTM D3418 with a 20 C/min heating rate, and 5-98 mole percent of a low heat carbonate units derived from a low heat aromatic monomer, wherein a polycarbonate homopolymer derived from the low heat aromatic monomer has a glass transition temperature of less than 170 C determined by differential scanning calorimetry as per ASTM D3418 with a 20 C/min heating rate, each based on the sum of the moles of the carbonate units; and a sulfur-containing stabilizer compound, wherein the sulfur-containing stabilizer compound is a thioether carboxy compound, a thioether dicarboxy compound, a thioether ester compound, or a combination thereof, wherein the sulfur-containing stabilizer compound is present in an amount effective to provide 5-50 parts per million by weight of added sulfur, based on the total parts by weight of the copolycarbonate, wherein a source of the added sulfur is the sulfur-containing stabilizer.

Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition, including: 50 mass % or more to 99 mass % or less of a polycarbonate-based resin (S) containing 0.1 mass % or more to 100 mass % or less of a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A), which contains a polycarbonate block (A-1) formed of a specific repeating unit and a polyorganosiloxane block (A-2) containing a specific repeating unit, and 0 mass % or more to 99.9 mass % or less of an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) except the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A); 1 mass % or more to 50 mass % or less of a polyester-based resin (C); and 0.001 part by mass or more to 1 part by mass or less of an amide compound (D) with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polycarbonate-based resin (S) and the polyester-based resin (C).

Provided is a method of manufacturing an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition with high fluidity, particularly during low shear, and a good color. An aromatic polycarbonate resin composition including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin that has a structural unit expressed by general formula (1); a aliphatic cyclic carbonate that is expressed by general formula (2) and is included at a ratio of 10 ppm-10,000 ppm; an aromatic cyclic carbonate that is expressed by general formula (3); and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds expressed by general formulas (4)-(6), wherein the total content of the aromatic cyclic carbonate and the compound(s) expressed by general formula(s) (4)-(6) is 0.1 mass %-2.0 mass % by bisphenol A-converted value.

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A polycarbonate resin composition or a copolymer, comprising, as main repeating units, a carbonate unit (a-1) having a fluorene ring in a side chain, a carbonate unit (a-2) represented by the following formula (a-2):

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(wherein W represents an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a cycloalkylene group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, R represents a branched or linear-chain alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms optionally having a substituent, and u represents an integer of 0 to 3), and a carbonate unit (a-3) derived from 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, wherein 1) a molar ratio of the carbonate unit (a-1) to the carbonate unit (a-2) is from 50/50 to 80/20, and 2) a molar ratio of the total of the carbonate unit (a-1) and the carbonate unit (a-2) to the carbonate unit (a-3) is from 1:99 to 70:30. This polycarbonate resin composition or copolymer has excellent heat resistance, transparency, and bending resistance and has low retardation.