abstract |
A transparent aromatic polyimide produced by polymerization and imidation of an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid containing as a principal component biphenyltetracarboxylic acid and an aromatic diamine containing as a principal component bis(aminophenoxy-phenyl)sulfone of the formula (I) or bis(aminophenoxy-phenyl)propane of the formula (II): <IMAGE> (I) <IMAGE> (II) |