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PETG Pellets: Dimethyl Terephthalate with Ethylene Glycol and CHDM
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19. Ukwakira 2026DE
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PETG Pellets: Dimethyl Terephthalate with Ethylene Glycol and CHDM

PETG is PET in which part of the ethylene glycol is replaced by CHDM, which keeps the plastic clear and amorphous. Eastman's patent US 7,026,027 describes PETG 6763 as terephthalate with about 69 mol % ethylene glycol and 31 mol % CHDM, but gives no recipe for it. This blueprint is our own combination: that composition, made by the same patent's pilot-plant process (Example 12, written for a CHDM/neopentyl glycol copolyester), with ethylene glycol in place of neopentyl glycol as in Kibler's 1959 Eastman patent. The charge weights are our arithmetic. The picture: our diagram.
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Amabwiriza

1

Charge the reactor

Our charge for 31 mol % CHDM: 10.669 kg dimethyl terephthalate (54.9 mol, as in the patent's example), 2.456 kg CHDM (31 % of those moles) and 4.058 kg ethylene glycol, so the glycols total 1.5 times the ester moles as in the example. Add 53.4 g of catalyst solution (15 g titanium isopropoxide in 250 ml n-butanol). The patent's reactor held 18 gallons and had spiral agitators and a distillation column.

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Dimethyl terephthalateDimethyl terephthalate10.669 kg
1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol2.456 kg
Etilene glikoliEtilene glikoli4.058 kg

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Titanium isopropoxideTitanium isopropoxide
n-Butanoln-Butanol
Umunzani w'ibiroUmunzani w'ibiro
Igikoresho cyo gukora polymère gifite ikotiIgikoresho cyo gukora polymère gifite ikoti
Ikinyuza umwuka gitandukanyaIkinyuza umwuka gitandukanya
Amadarubindi yo Kwirinda IbinyabutabireAmadarubindi yo Kwirinda Ibinyabutabire
2

Ester interchange at 200 °C

Stir (forward 50 minutes, then reverse 10), heat to 200 °C and hold 2 hours. Methanol distils off through the column.

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Igikoresho cyo gukora polymère gifite ikotiIgikoresho cyo gukora polymère gifite ikoti
Ikinyuza umwuka gitandukanyaIkinyuza umwuka gitandukanya
Termokupuli ifite igaragazaTermokupuli ifite igaragaza
3

260 °C, then 280 °C

Raise to 260 °C for 30 minutes and weigh the distillate, then raise to 280 °C and weigh it again. The surplus ethylene glycol is driven off; Kibler found the CHDM stays in the polymer.

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Igikoresho cyo gukora polymère gifite ikotiIgikoresho cyo gukora polymère gifite ikoti
Termokupuli ifite igaragazaTermokupuli ifite igaragaza
Umunzani w'ibiroUmunzani w'ibiro
4

Polymerise under vacuum

Switch the agitator direction every 6 minutes and pull vacuum at 13 Torr a minute down to 0.5 Torr. Hold full vacuum for 45 minutes at 25 rpm.

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Igikoresho cyo gukora polymère gifite ikotiIgikoresho cyo gukora polymère gifite ikoti
Pompe ikuramo umwukaPompe ikuramo umwuka
Igipima icyuho cy'umwukaIgipima icyuho cy'umwuka
Umutego w’ubukonjeUmutego w’ubukonje
5

Extrude and chop into pellets

Let nitrogen in, extrude the polymer at once and chop it into pellets. Check the composition: in the patent's example the polymer kept slightly less CHDM than was charged (38.1 % for 40.7 %).

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Silinderi ya azoteSilinderi ya azote
Imashini ikata utubutoImashini ikata utubuto
Uturindantoki twihanganira ubushyuheUturindantoki twihanganira ubushyuhe

Ibikoresho

3

Ibikoresho bikenewe

13

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