
12: PARTIALLY AROMATIC POLY(AMIDE)S 295
Table 12.13 Examples for Commercially Available
Poly(phthal amide)s
Tradename Producer
Amodel® Solvay Advanced Polymers
Balpound™ Shikoku Chemicals Corp.
Grivory™ Ems-Grivory
Laramid® Lati SpA
Zytel® HTN PPA DuPont
12.7 Safety
Most of the diacids used as monomers are classified
as eye, skin, and respiratory irritants. The diamines
are more toxic than the diacids, and, moreover, cor-
rosive and may cause burns. Usually, during fabrica-
tion, there should be no contact with the monomers,
not even when reactive processing of the oligomers is
used. Powders from some PA types have been reported
as a potential irritant. Additional ...