Inventors:
Ted Calvin Germroth - Kingsport TN, US
Gary Wayne Connell - Church Hill TN, US
Emmett Dudley Crawford - Kingsport TN, US
Thomas Joseph Pecorini - Kingsport TN, US
Douglas Stephen McWilliams - Kingsport TN, US
Benjamin Fredrick Barton - Kingsport TN, US
Damon Bryan Shackelford - Kingsport TN, US
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN
International Classification:
C08G 63/00
C08L 67/02
US Classification:
528307, 528302, 528304, 528305, 525165, 525173, 525177, 525390, 525397, 525425, 525439, 525444
Abstract:
Described as one aspect of the invention are polyester compositions containing: (I) at least one polyester which comprises: (a) dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; (ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbons atoms; and (iii) 0 to 10 mole % of aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; and (b) a glycol component comprising: (i) 1 to 99 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and (ii) 1 to 99 mole % of cyclohexanedimethanol residues; and (II) at least one thermal stabilizer chosen from at least one alkyl phosphate esters, aryl phosphate esters, mixed alkyl aryl phosphate esters, reaction products thereof, and mixtures thereof; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and wherein the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %.