Polycarbonate Resin Composition Using Titanium-Phosphorus Catalyst

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current resin compositions containing aromatic polycarbonate and polyester resins, such as PC/PET alloys, face challenges in achieving both high thermal stability and moist heat resistance, particularly in automotive and OA equipment applications, where weight reduction and integration of complex forms are required, with existing catalysts like germanium and titanium compounds not fully satisfying the needed performance.

Innovation Solution

A resin composition comprising 50 to 99 parts of aromatic polycarbonate resin and 1 to 50 parts of a polyester resin polymerized in the presence of a specific titanium-phosphorus catalyst, which includes a titanium compound reacted with an aromatic polyhydric carboxylic acid and a phosphorus compound, enhancing mechanical strength, flowability, and thermal stability while maintaining good moist heat resistance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If a germanium catalyst is used to produce polyester resin, then color tone and melt stability are improved, but thermal stability and moist heat resistance are insufficient for automotive applications

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor toneVSAvoidthermal stability and moist heat resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the catalyst type from germanium to a specific titanium compound with controlled parameters (Ti content 1-30 ppm, specific chemical structure), achieving both good color tone and superior thermal stability and moist heat resistance simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses a titanium compound that replicates the beneficial effects of germanium catalyst (good color tone, melt stability) while adding superior thermal stability and moist heat resistance properties that germanium lacks

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Illumination intensity

If a titanium-containing catalyst compound is used to improve color tone and thermal stability, then these properties are improved, but moist heat resistance is not sufficiently addressed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor toneVSAvoidmoist heat resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the titanium compound parameters including Ti content (1-30 ppm), molecular structure (specific formulas with R1-R6 groups), and chemical composition to achieve simultaneous improvement in color tone, thermal stability, and moist heat resistance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a composite catalyst system combining titanium compound with specific organic groups (R1-R6), achieving properties that neither component alone could provide, particularly the combination of good color tone and excellent moist heat resistance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Illumination intensity

If the amount of polyester resin is increased to improve color tone and thermal stability, then these properties improve, but thermal stability tends to decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecolor toneVSAvoidthermal stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the approach from adjusting polyester resin amount to optimizing the catalyst (titanium compound) parameters, allowing thermal stability to be maintained or improved while achieving good color tone through catalyst optimization rather than composition adjustment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Weight of moving object

If part thickness is decreased to reduce weight, then weight reduction is achieved, but heat resistance and moist heat resistance become more difficult to maintain

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepart weightVSAvoidheat resistance and moist heat resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
Weight of moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the material parameters by using polyester resin produced with a specific titanium compound catalyst, which provides superior thermal stability and moist heat resistance, allowing thin-walled parts to maintain adequate heat and moisture resistance despite reduced thickness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

5Productivity

If existing titanium compounds are used as polymerization catalyst, then catalytic activity is achieved, but thermal stability and moist heat resistance are not sufficiently improved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecatalytic activityVSAvoidthermal stability and moist heat resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the titanium compound parameters including Ti content (1-30 ppm), chemical structure (specific formulas with R1-R6 groups), and purity to achieve the right balance between catalytic activity and thermal stability, with the titanium compound providing both good catalysis and superior thermal and moisture resistance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses a titanium compound that copies the catalytic function of conventional catalysts while adding superior thermal stability and moist heat resistance properties that conventional titanium compounds lack

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The resin composition exhibits improved mechanical strength, flowability, thermal stability, and moist heat resistance, effectively addressing the limitations of existing materials in weight-reduced, complex-form applications by using a titanium-phosphorus catalyst to produce a polyester resin with enhanced properties.

Implementation Method 1

a polyester resin polymerized in the presence of a titanium-phosphorus catalyst obtained by a reaction between a titanium compound and a phosphorus compound

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCatalysis: Catalysis

Data Source

PatentEP2524946B8Polycarbonate resin composition
Publication Date: 2016.07.06 TEIJIN LTD

AI summary

The present invention seeks to provide a resin composition which contains an aromatic polycarbonate resin and a polyester resin and which has excellent mechanical strength, flowability and thermal stability and also has excellent moist heat resistance together. The present invention is a resin composition containing 50 to 99 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A) and 1 to 50 parts by weight of a polyester resin (component B), the component B being a polyester resin polymerized in the presence of a titanium-phosphorus catalyst obtained by reacting titanium tetrabutoxide, etc., with monolauryl phosphate, etc.