POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CYCLOBUTANEDIOL HAVING A CERTAIN COMBINATION OF INHERENT VISCOSITY AND MODERATE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM

摘要

DESCRIBED ARE POLYESTERS COMPRISING (A) A DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPONENT COMPRISING TEREPHTHALIC ACID RESIDUES; OPTIONALLY, AROMATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACID RESIDUES OR ALIPHATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACID RESIDUES; 2,2,4,4-TETRAMETHYL-1,3- CYCLOBUTANEDIOL RESIDUES; AND 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL RESIDUES. THE POLYESTERS MAY BE MANUFACTURED INTO ARTICLES SUCH AS FIBERS, FILMS, BOTTLES OR SHEETS.