QUARTERNARY AMMONIUM POLYARYLAMIDES, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE FORMED THEREFROM, AND PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF

摘要

Quaternary ammonium polyarylamides are provided that are useful in articles of manufacture that require minimal ionic impurities. The polarylamides are produced by reacting certain polyamides together with quaternary ammonium bases of the for- mula: R4 4N+X-, wherein each R4 is independently selected from hydrocarbyl o r substituted hydrocarbyl, provided that at least one of the R4 groups contains at least one beta hydrogen atom. There i s also provided the process for producing the polyarylamides, the process for making articles of manufacture from the polyarylamides, and a process for modifying the surfaces of such polyamides.