Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
255 words
A composition with high impact resistance and little fish eyes content, comprising 97 to 60 parts by weight of a polyvinyl chloride-base resin and 3 to 40 parts by weight of a graft copolymer obtained by the 3-stage graft-polymerization of 65 to 25 parts by weight of a monomer combination (B) comprising 12 to 57% by weight of methyl methacrylate, 1 to 24% by weight of at least one of alkyl acrylates having a C 1-8 -alkyl group, 80 to 40% by weight of styrene and 0 to 3% by weight of at least one of polyfunctional crosslinking agents havine one or more allyl groups in the molecule onto 35 to 75 parts by weight of a butadiene-base elastomer (A) containing 30% by weight or more of 1,3-butadiene units, said 3-stage graft polymerization being carried out in the following way: at first at least one member selected from the group consisting of electrolytes and carboxyl-containing polymer latices is added to the butadiene-base elastomer (A), then, in the first stage monomer mixture consisting of major amount of methyl methacrylate and minor amount of an alkyl acrylate or acrylates, which has a proportion of 50 to 90% by weight based on total weight of methyl methacrylate and alkyl acrylate or acrylates, and, if included in said monomer combination, a polyfunctional crosslinking agent are graft-polymerized; in the second stage, styrene is graft-polymerized; and in the third stage, the remaining 10 to 50% by weight of methyl methacrylate or methyl methacrylate and an alkyl acrylate or acrylates are graft-polymerized.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
255 words
A composition with high impact resistance and little fish eyes content, comprising 97 to 60 parts by weight of a polyvinyl chloride-base resin and 3 to 40 parts by weight of a graft copolymer obtained by the 3-stage graft-polymerization of 65 to 25 parts by weight of a monomer combination (B) comprising 12 to 57% by weight of methyl methacrylate, 1 to 24% by weight of at least one of alkyl acrylates having a C 1-8 -alkyl group, 80 to 40% by weight of styrene and 0 to 3% by weight of at least one of polyfunctional crosslinking agents havine one or more allyl groups in the molecule onto 35 to 75 parts by weight of a butadiene-base elastomer (A) containing 30% by weight or more of 1,3-butadiene units, said 3-stage graft polymerization being carried out in the following way: at first at least one member selected from the group consisting of electrolytes and carboxyl-containing polymer latices is added to the butadiene-base elastomer (A), then, in the first stage monomer mixture consisting of major amount of methyl methacrylate and minor amount of an alkyl acrylate or acrylates, which has a proportion of 50 to 90% by weight based on total weight of methyl methacrylate and alkyl acrylate or acrylates, and, if included in said monomer combination, a polyfunctional crosslinking agent are graft-polymerized; in the second stage, styrene is graft-polymerized; and in the third stage, the remaining 10 to 50% by weight of methyl methacrylate or methyl methacrylate and an alkyl acrylate or acrylates are graft-polymerized.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the butadiene-base elastomer is an elastomer obtained by the polymerization of 98 to 100% by weight of 1,3-butadiene and 0 to 2% by weight of a polyfunctional monomer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the butadiene-base elastomer is an elastomer obtained by the copolymerization of a mixture comprising 80 to 50% by weight of 1,3-butadiene, 20 to 50% by weight of styrene and 0 to 2% by weight of a polyfunctional monomer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the butadiene-base elastomer is an elastomer obtained by the copolymerization of a mixture comprising 75 to 30% by weight of 1,3-butadiene, 5 to 30% by weight of n-butyl acrylate, 20 to 50% by weight of styrene and 0 to 2% by weight of a polyfunctional monomer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the alkyl acrylate used in the graft polymerization is at least one member selected from the group consisting of methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, propyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, tert-butyl acrylate and isobutyl acrylate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein in the graft-polymerization, a carboxyl-containing polymer latex and, if necessary, an electrolyte are added to the butadiene-base elastomer (A).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein in the third stage graft-polymerization, the combination of remaining monomers comprises a major amount of methyl methacrylate and a minor amount of an acrylate ester.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A composition according to claim 1, wherein the remaining monomer graft-polymerized in the third stage is methyl methacrylate alone.