Increasing the molecular weight of polyamides

摘要

An increase in the molecular weight of a polyamide or recycled polyamide, essentially without crosslinking, can be achieved by blending said polyamide with a polyfunctional epoxy resin and a sterically hindered hydroxyphenylalkylphosphonic acid ester or half-ester and heating the blend to above the melting point (or the glass transition temperature) of the polyamide, in the absence of a catalyst of the type used in the polymerization of polyamides.