Described as one aspect of the invention are
polyester compositions comprising at least one
polyester which comprises:(A) a
dicarboxylic acid component comprising:i) 70 to 100 mole % of cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid residues or an ester thereof comprising:(a) 70 to 98 mole % trans-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid residues or an ester thereof; and(b) 2 to 30 mole % cis-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid residues or an ester thereof;ii) 0 to 30 mole % of aliphatic
dicarboxylic acid residues, other than cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid residues, having up to 16 carbon atoms or esters thereof, other than cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid residues,; andiii) 0 to 10 mole % of aromatic
dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and(B) a glycol component comprising:i) 1 to 99 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; andii) 1 to 99 mole % of 1,4-
cyclohexanedimethanol residues, 1,3-
cyclohexanedimethanol residues, 1,2-
cyclohexanedimethanol residues or esters thereof or mixtures thereof,wherein the total mole % of said dicarboxylic acid component is equal to 100 mole %;the total mole % of said glycol component is equal to 100 mole %;wherein the
inherent viscosity of said
polyester is from 0.35 to 1.2 dL / g as determined in 60 / 40 (wt / wt)
phenol /
tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.5 g / 100 ml at 25° C.; and wherein said polyester has a Tg of from 60 to 155° C. The polyesters may be manufactured into articles.