Patent ID: 6316551
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: C08L

Abstract:
A method for preparing a polyphenylene ether-polyamide composition which comprises intimately melt blending, at an apparatus temperature maintained no lower than about 295.degree. C. and a pressure maintained below about 200 torr, a mixture comprising a first component (A) wherein A comprises at least one polymer having an amine end group concentration of at least about 35 microequivalents per gram and a second component (B) wherein B comprises at least one polyphenylene ether, said mixture being free from compatibilizing compounds and having a weight ratio of component A to component B greater than 1:1;at least about 15% by weight of component A being present at the initiation of the blending operation and any remainder of said component A being subsequently added during said blending operation.