Patent ID: 6037048
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: C08J,D01F,H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An article comprising fibers made from a composition comprising a long chain branched syndiotactic vinyl aromatic polymer derived from the polymerization of a vinyl aromatic monomer in the presence of from 10 to 1000 ppm, based on the amount of vinyl aromatic monomer, of a multifunctional monomer having more than one olefinic functionality as represented by formula (I) ##STR2## wherein R is a vinyl group or a group containing from 2 to 20 carbon atoms including a terminal vinyl group, wherein the groups containing 2 to 20 carbon atoms may be alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, or aromatic, wherein cycloalkyl groups contain at least 5 carbon atoms and aromatic groups contain at least 6 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 3, wherein the R groups are meta or para in relation to the vinyl group of formula (I), and when n is greater than 1, R may be the same or different.