Production of impact resistant thermoplastic resin

Abstract

Abstract In a first stage of this process, an elastomer latex is prepared in aqueous emulsion in the presence of a nonionic surface-active agent, from at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer; then, in a second stage, at least one vinyl monomer, insoluble in water or poorly soluble in water, is added to the latex thus obtained. According to the invention, in the second stage at least one polymer or copolymer based on carboxylic acid units and capable of forming an interpolymer complex with the nonionic surface-active agent employed in the first stage is added, and then the pH of the mixture is lowered sufficiently to produce the transfer of the particles of the said latex into the said vinyl monomer(s); and, in a third stage, a suspension or bulk polymerisation is performed on the phase consisting of the said monomer(s) from the second stage and containing the transferred latex particles.

Inventors

• 👤 Robine Jiyannkuroodo

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