Patent ID: 7214739

Claim:
A resin composition comprising: (a) about 10 to about 80 percent by weight of at least one polyphenylene ether resin; (b) about 10 to about 80 percent by weight of at least one polyolefin polymer; (c) about 2 to about 30 percent by weight of at least one member of the group consisting of polyphenylene ether-polyolefin copolymers, polystyrene-polyolefin copolymers, and polystyrene resins; (d) about 1 to about 20 percent by weight of at least one alkyl amine compound, wherein said alkyl amine compound comprises at least one of: (i) a polyamine having a backbone of the formula: wherein R 8 is C 2 –C 8 alkylene, C 3 –C 8 alkyl-substituted alkylene, and mixtures thereof; “m” has a value from 2 to about 700; and “n” has a value from about 0 to about 350; (ii) a polyamine having a backbone of the formula: wherein “q” has a value from about 5 to about 10,000; (iii) a polyamine compound having backbone NH units, wherein 0% to about 100% of the backbone NH units are substituted by one or more groups of the formula (R 9 O) p R 10 , wherein R 9 is C 2 –C 8 alkylene, C 3 –C 8 alkyl substituted alkylene, and mixtures thereof; R 10 is hydrogen, C 1 –C 4 alkyl, and mixtures thereof; and “p” has values from about 1 to about 12; (iv) at least one primary amine selected from the group consisting of cyclohexylamine, 1-hexadecylamine, and a triamine having the formula: wherein the sum of “x”, “y” and “z” is about 3 to about 20; and (v) at least one secondary amine selected from the group consisting of diethylamine and dipropylamine; and (e) 0 to about 4 percent by weight of at least one adhesion promoter; wherein the amount of each component is based upon the total weight of the composition.