US4673711A
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Polymer blend and method for obtaining same
Assignee: Mobil Oil AS
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Filing: 1985-05-16
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Granted: 1987-06-16
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Expires: 2005-05-16
Abstract
Abstract A resin composition is disclosed which comprises a blend of from about 40 to about 95 percent by weight thereof of a first polymeric component and from about 50 to about 5 percent by weight thereof of a second polymeric component, the blend being characterized by an interior region containing a disproportionately higher content of first polymeric component and an exterior region containing a disproportionately higher content of second polymeric component, the first polymeric component being selected from the group consisting of amorphous homopolymer of styrene or lower alkyl substituted styrene and amorphous copolymer of styrene and/or alkyl substituted styrene containing up to about 40 weight percent thereof of at least one other olefinic monomer copolymerized therewith and the second polymeric component being selected from the group consisting of crystalline homopolymer of propylene and crystalline copolymer of propylene containing up to about 30 weight percent thereof of at least one other olefinic monomer copolymerized therewith.
Inventors
- 👤 Gordon V. Sharps, Jr.
- 👤 Tien-Kuei Su
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 00:16
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L23/00; C08L23/02; C08L23/10; B; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/022; C08L25/00; C08L25/02; C08L25/04; B29C48/03; B29C48/07; B29C48/08; B29K; B29K2023/00; B29K2023/10; B29K2023/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
A resin extrudate which comprises the product resulting from extrusion blending from about 40 to about 95 percent by weight thereof of a first polymeric component and from about 60 to about 5 percent by weight thereof of a second polymeric component, at a shear stress level of from about 5.0×10 5 to about 1.0×10 7 dynes/cm 2 , the blend being characterized by an interior region containing a disproportionately higher content of first polymeric component and an exterior region containing a disproportionately higher content of second polymeric component, the first polymeric component being selected from the group consisting of amorphous homopolymer of styrene or lower alkyl substituted styrene and amorpyhous copolymer of styrene and/or alkyl substituted styrene containing up to about 40 weight percent thereof of at least one other olefinic monomer copolymerized therewith and the second polymeric component being selected from the group consisting of crystalline homopolymer of propylene and crystalline copolymer of propylene containing up to about 30 weight percent thereof of at least one other olefinic monomer copolymerized therewith.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
173 words
A resin extrudate which comprises the product resulting from extrusion blending from about 40 to about 95 percent by weight thereof of a first polymeric component and from about 60 to about 5 percent by weight thereof of a second polymeric component, at a shear stress level of from about 5.0×10 5 to about 1.0×10 7 dynes/cm 2 , the blend being characterized by an interior region containing a disproportionately higher content of first polymeric component and an exterior region containing a disproportionately higher content of second polymeric component, the first polymeric component being selected from the group consisting of amorphous homopolymer of styrene or lower alkyl substituted styrene and amorpyhous copolymer of styrene and/or alkyl substituted styrene containing up to about 40 weight percent thereof of at least one other olefinic monomer copolymerized therewith and the second polymeric component being selected from the group consisting of crystalline homopolymer of propylene and crystalline copolymer of propylene containing up to about 30 weight percent thereof of at least one other olefinic monomer copolymerized therewith.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The resin composition of claim 1 containing from about 50 to about 90 weight percent of first polymeric component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The resin composition of claim 2 containing from about 50 to about 10 weight percent of second polymeric component.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The resin composition of claim 1 containing a homopolymer of styrene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The resin composition of claim 4 wherein the homopolymer possesses an average molecular weight greater than about 200,000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The resin composition of claim 4 wherein the homopolymer possesses an average molecular weight in the range of from about 250,000 to about 325,000.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The resin composition of claim 1 containing a homopolymer of an alkyl substituted styrene.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
The resin composition of claim 7 wherein the alkyl substituted styrene is a methylstyrene.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The resin composition of claim 7 wherein the alkyl substituted styrene is a butylstyrene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
11 words
The resin composition of claim 8 wherein the methylstyrene is paramethylstyrene.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The resin composition of claim 9 wherein the butylstyrene is paratertiarybutylstyrene.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
32 words
The resin composition of claim 1 containing a copolymer of styrene and/or alkyl substituted styrene with no more than about 15 weight percent of at least one non-styrenic olefinic monomer copolymerizable therewith.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The resin composition of claim 12 wherein the copolymer is a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, vinyl toluene-alphamethylstyrene copolymer or styrene-terpene copolymer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
11 words
The resin composition of claim 1 containing a homopolymer of propylene.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The resin composition of claim 14 wherein the homopolymer possesses an average molecular weight in the range of from about 100,000 to about 150,000.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The resin composition of claim 1 containing a copolymer of polypropylene with no more than about 10 weight percent of at least one olefinic monomer copolymerizable therewith.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
The resin composition of claim 1 further containing up to about 20 weight percent thereof of one or more other polymeric components which are compatible with the first and second polymeric components.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
31 words
The resin composition of claim 1 further containing up to about 10 weight percent of one or more other polymeric components which are compatible with the first and second polymeric components.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
34 words
The resin composition of claim 17 wherein the other polymeric component is polyvinylchloride, polyvinylidenechloride, polyvinylacetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol terpolymer, acrylic resin, polyethylene or polybutylene or mixture of any of the foregoing.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
63 words
The resin composition of claim 1 consisting essentially of a blend of from about 50 to about 90 percent by weight thereof of a first polymeric component which is selected to be an amorphous homopolymer of styrene and from about 50 to about 10 percent by weight thereof of a second polymeric component which is selected to be a crystalline homopolymer of propylene.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method of obtaing the resin composition of claim 1 which comprises extrusion blending the polymeric components at a shear stress level of from about 5.0×10 5 to about 1.0×10 7 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 21 wherein extrusion blending is carried out at a shear stress level of from about 0.75×10 6 to about 5.0×10 6 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 21 wherein extrusion blending is carried out at a shear stress level of from about 1.0×10 6 to about 2.0×10 6 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method of obtaining the resin composition of claim 20 which comprises extrusion blending the polymer components at a shear stress level of from about 5.0×10 5 to about 1.0×10 7 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 24 wherein extrusion blending is carried out at a shear stress level of from about 0.75×10 6 to about 5.0×10 6 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 24 wherein extrusion blending is carried out at a shear stress level of from about 1.0×10 6 to about 2.0×10 6 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
34 words
The resin extrudate of claim 1 wherein the extrusion blending of the polymeric components is carried out at a shear stress level of from about 0.75×10 6 to about 5.0×10 6 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
34 words
The resin extrudate of claim 1 wherein the extrusion blending of the polymeric components is carried out at a shear stress level of from about 1.0×10 6 to about 2.0×10 6 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
34 words
The resin extrudate of claim 20 wherein the extrusion blending of the polymeric components is carried out at a shear stress level of from about 0.75×10 6 to about 5.0×10 6 dynes/cm 2 .
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
34 words
The resin extrudate of claim 20 wherein the extrusion blending of the polymeric components is carried out at a shear stress level of from about 1.0×10 6 to about 2.0×10 6 dynes/cm 2 .
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