ABS moulding compositions with improved properties

US5741853A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Herbert Eichenauer · Dormagen, DE
• Ulrich Jansen · Düsseldorf, DE
• Karl-Erwin Piejko · Bensberg, DE
• Edgar Leitz · Dormagen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 22, 1996
• Grant date: Apr 21, 1998
• Expiry date: May 22, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L55/02
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Thermoplastic moulding compositions of the ABS type of PA0 I) at least one graft copolymer which is obtainable by emulsion polymerization of styrene and acrylonitrile in the weight ratio 90:10 to 50:50, wherein styrene and/or acrylonitrile can be completely or partly replaced by .alpha.-methylstyrene, methyl methacrylate or N-phenylmaleimide, in the presence of at least two butadiene polymer latices of types (A) and (B), which each contain, copolymerized, 0 to 50 wt. % of a further vinyl monomer, and wherein the weight ratio of monomers used to butadiene polymers used is 25:75 to 70:30, and PA0 II) at least one copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile in the weight ratio 90:10 to 50:50, wherein styrene and/or acrylonitrile can be completely or partly replaced by .alpha.-methylstyrene, methyl methacrylate or N-phenylmaleimide, characterized in that the butadiene polymer latex (A) has a particle diameter d.sub.50 .ltoreq.320 nm, a width of the particle size distribution (measured as d.sub.90 -d.sub.10 from the integral particle size distribution) of 30 to 100 nm, and a gel content.ltoreq.70 wt. % and the butadiene polymer latex (B) has a particle diameter d.sub.50 .gtoreq.370 nm, a wid…