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Polymer blends
Assignee: Shell USA Inc
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Filing: 1988-08-31
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Granted: 1990-02-27
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Expires: 2008-08-31
Abstract
Abstract Non-miscible polymeric blends comprising a major proportion of a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon and lesser amounts of a maleated, partially hydrogenated block copolymer and an alpha-olefin/alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated copolymer exhibit improved melt stability and improved toughness and impact strength.
Inventors
- 👤 Eric R. George
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 20:40
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L73/00; C08L53/00; C08L53/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
A composition comprising a non-miscible uniform blend of, as a matrix and as a major component, a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon having up to 20 carbon atoms and, dispersed therein, (a) about 0.5% by weight to about 10% by weight, based on total composition, of a maleated, partially hydrogenated block copolymer, said block copolymer having at least one at least predominantly polymerized vinyl aromatic compound block and at least one at least predominantly aliphatic polymerized conjugated alkadiene block, said maleated, partially hydrogenated block copolymer containing residual aliphatic block unsaturation from about 0.5% to about 20% of the unsaturation of the aliphatic blocks of said block copolymer, and from about 0.02% by weight to about 20% by weight, based on total block copolymer, of moieties of maleic acid compound grafted to the polymer aliphatic blocks, and (b) about 0.1 by weight to about 4% by weight, based on total composition of a polymer of an alpha-olefin and an alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
A composition comprising a non-miscible uniform blend of, as a matrix and as a major component, a linear alternating polymer of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon having up to 20 carbon atoms and, dispersed therein, (a) about 0.5% by weight to about 10% by weight, based on total composition, of a maleated, partially hydrogenated block copolymer, said block copolymer having at least one at least predominantly polymerized vinyl aromatic compound block and at least one at least predominantly aliphatic polymerized conjugated alkadiene block, said maleated, partially hydrogenated block copolymer containing residual aliphatic block unsaturation from about 0.5% to about 20% of the unsaturation of the aliphatic blocks of said block copolymer, and from about 0.02% by weight to about 20% by weight, based on total block copolymer, of moieties of maleic acid compound grafted to the polymer aliphatic blocks, and (b) about 0.1 by weight to about 4% by weight, based on total composition of a polymer of an alpha-olefin and an alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the linear alternating polymer is represented by the repeating formula --CO--(CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2)].sub.x [CO--(G)].sub.y wherein G is the moiety of ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon of at least 3 carbon atoms polymerized through the ethylenic unsaturation and the ratio of y:x is no more than about 0.5.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
114 words
The composition of claim 2 wherein the maleated partially hydrogenated block copolymer is maleated block copolymer derived from a block copolymer precursor wherein (i) each A block independently is a block of at least predominantly polymerized vinyl aromatic compound selected from styrene and alpha-methylstyrene, the average molecular weight of each A block being from about 5,000 to about 125,000, (ii) each B block independently is a block of at least predominantly polymerized alkadiene selected from butadiene and isoprene, the average molecular weight of each B block being from about 10,000 to about 300,000, and (iii) the A blocks being from about 2% by weight to about 55% by weight of the total block copolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
72 words
The composition of claim 3 wherein the polymer of olefin and unsaturated acid is a polymer of at least 80% alpha-olefin of up to 10 carbon atoms inclusive, from 1% by mol to about 20% by mol, based on total polymer of an alpha,beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid of up to 10 carbon atoms inclusive, and up to 5% by mol, based on total polymer of a non-acidic, low molecular weight polymerizable monomer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
9 words
The composition of claim 4 wherein y is 0.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The composition of claim 4 wherein G is a moiety of propylene.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The composition of claim 6 wherein the ratio of y:x is from about 0.01 to about 0.1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The composition of claim 6 wherein the alpha-olefin is ethylene and the unsaturated carboxylic acid is acrylic acid or methacrylic acid.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The composition of claim 8 wherein the vinyl aromatic compound is styrene and the alkadiene is butadiene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
The composition of claim 9 wherein the polymer of alpha-olefin and unsaturated carboxylic acid is a copolymer of at least about 93% by weight ethylene and from about 3% by weight to about 7% by weight based on total polymer of acrylic acid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The composition of claim 10 wherein the maleated, partially hydrogenated block copolymer is from about 2% by weight to about 7% by weight of the total blend.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The composition of claim 11 wherein the ratio of y:x is from about 0.01 to about 0.1.
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