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Chapter 9. Polyphenylene Ether (PPE) Blends and Alloys
Edward N. Peters 181
Introduction 181
Polymerization and Polymer Structure 182
PPE/Polystyrene Blends—Modified PPE 183
Typical Modified PPE Grades 187
PPE/Polyamide Alloys 203
PPE/Polyamide Grades 205
PPE/Polypropylene Alloys 210
PPE/Polypropylene Grades 211
PPE in Thermoset Resins 211
Design 214
Processing Modified PPE 214
Processing PPE/PA Resins 216
Summary 219
Chapter 10. Thermoplastic Polyimide (TPI) Atsushi Morita 221
Introduction 221
Polymers—Chemistry of Thermoplastic Polyimide 222
Typical polymerization of polyimide 222
Chemical structure and thermoplasticity 222
Products and Design 224
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Applications using Mitsui Chemicals Aurum TPI 224
Properties 230
General-purpose and application-specific properties 230
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Aurum grades 232
Processing 235
Flowability 235
Predrying conditions before molding 235
Molding condition 236
Purging 236
SuperAurum™ 236
High-temperature properties 237
SuperAurum™ grades 237
Applications of SuperAurum™ 238
Chapter 11. Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) Toshihide Inoue,
Toru Yamanka, and Yoshiki Makabe 239
Introduction 239
Polymers 241
Chemistry of liquid crystal polymerization: Molecular architecture 241
Synthesis 242
Properties 244
Characteristics of LCP 244
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SIVERAS GF filled regular grade 246
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SIVERAS low-warpage grade 247
