A NOVEL METHOD FOR POLYMER RDP-CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES AND MECHANISMS FOR POLYMER/POLYMER BLENDING

摘要

The invention is directed towards additives for thermoplastic polymers and blends thereof to which an organoclays has been added to form microtactoids in the thermoplastic. The Organoclays are blends of one or more clays which have been treated with one or more of, resorcinol diphosphate, bis-phenol diphosphate or bis(3-T-Butyl-4 hydroxyphenyl-2,4 Di-T-butylphenyl) resorcinol diphosphate or hydroxyl-derived ethers, esters, and amides where aliphatic fatty acids are added to the molecule at the hydroxyl site.