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US5091470A
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Molding resin
Assignee: DIAMOND TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP Co
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Filing: 1990-09-10
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Granted: 1992-02-25
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Expires: 2010-09-10
Abstract
Abstract Thermoplastic rubber modified molding compositions containing N-phenyl maleimide, acrylonitrile, and at least one copolymerizable comonomer suitable for preparing moldings having low surface gloss.
Inventors
- 👤 Hendrick W. Wolsink
- 👤 John J. Plomer
- 👤 Thomas D. Traugott
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 20:51
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L51/00; C08L51/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
195 words
A thermoplastic molding composition which is capable of providing injection molded objects having 60° Gardner gloss values of less than 70 and which comprises: A) a mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer composition comprising: 1) a graft copolymer comprising in polymerized form an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, an N-aryl maleimide and at least one copolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylates, and mixtures thereof grated to a rubbery substrate polymer; and 2) a matrix polymer comprising in polymerized form an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, an N-aryl maleimide and at least one copolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylate, and mixtures thereof, the content of said N-aryl maleimide in the graft copolymer and the matrix polymer being from 7 to 30 weight percent based on the total weight of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer composition; and B) from 5 to 35% on a total molding composition weight basis of an emulsion polymerized grated rubbery polymer having a polymer of a monovinylidene aromatic monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile and, optionally, an N-aryl maleimide grated to a rubbery polymer substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
195 words
A thermoplastic molding composition which is capable of providing injection molded objects having 60° Gardner gloss values of less than 70 and which comprises: A) a mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer composition comprising: 1) a graft copolymer comprising in polymerized form an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, an N-aryl maleimide and at least one copolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylates, and mixtures thereof grated to a rubbery substrate polymer; and 2) a matrix polymer comprising in polymerized form an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, an N-aryl maleimide and at least one copolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylate, and mixtures thereof, the content of said N-aryl maleimide in the graft copolymer and the matrix polymer being from 7 to 30 weight percent based on the total weight of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer composition; and B) from 5 to 35% on a total molding composition weight basis of an emulsion polymerized grated rubbery polymer having a polymer of a monovinylidene aromatic monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile and, optionally, an N-aryl maleimide grated to a rubbery polymer substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A thermoplastic molding composition according to claim 1 wherein the N-aryl maleimide component of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer is N-phenyl maleimide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
A thermoplastic molding composition according to claim 1 wherein the unsaturated nitrile of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer and the emulsion polymerized graft copolymer is acrylonitrile and the copolymerizable monomer of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer and the emulsion polymerized graft copolymer is styrene.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
87 words
A thermoplastic molding composition according to claim 1 wherein the rubbery substrate of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer is a homopolymer of a conjugated diene, a copolymer of a conjugated diene and an copolymerizable comonomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylates, ethylenically unsaturated nitriles and mixtures thereof; copolymers of ethylene and propylene; interpolymers of ethylene, propylene and a diene; homopolymers of C 1-6 alkyl acrylates; and copolymers of C 1-6 alkyl acrylates with one or more copolymerizable comonomers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The thermoplastic molding composition of claim 1 wherein the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer has a volume average rubber particle size of from 0.5 to 10 microns.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The thermoplastic molding composition of claim 5 wherein at least 75% of the rubber particles of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer have a volume average particle size of from 0.8 to 6 microns.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
192 words
A molded object having a 60° Gardner Gloss of less than 70 having been molded from a thermoplastic molding composition comprising: A) a mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer composition comprising: 1) a graft interpolymer comprising in polymerized form an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, an N-aryl maleimide and at least one copolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylates, and mixtures thereof grafted to a rubbery substrate polymer; and 2) a matrix polymer comprising in polymerized form an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, an N-aryl maleimide and at least one copolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylate, and mixtures thereof, the content of said N-aryl maleimide in the graft interpolymer and the matrix polymer being from 7 to 30 weight percent based on the total weight of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer composition; and B) from 5 to 35% on a total molding composition weight basis of an emulsion polymerized grafted rubbery polymer having a polymer of a monovinylidene aromatic monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile and, optionally, an N-aryl maleimide grated to a rubbery polymer substrate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
192 words
A molded object having a 60° Gardner Gloss of less than 70 having been molded from a thermoplastic molding composition comprising: A) a mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer composition comprising: 1) a graft interpolymer comprising in polymerized form an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, an N-aryl maleimide and at least one copolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylates, and mixtures thereof grafted to a rubbery substrate polymer; and 2) a matrix polymer comprising in polymerized form an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, an N-aryl maleimide and at least one copolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylate, and mixtures thereof, the content of said N-aryl maleimide in the graft interpolymer and the matrix polymer being from 7 to 30 weight percent based on the total weight of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer composition; and B) from 5 to 35% on a total molding composition weight basis of an emulsion polymerized grafted rubbery polymer having a polymer of a monovinylidene aromatic monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile and, optionally, an N-aryl maleimide grated to a rubbery polymer substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A molded object according to claim 7 wherein the N-aryl maleimide of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer is N-phenyl maleimide.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A molded object according to claim 7 wherein the rubbery polymer substrate of the emulsion polymerized graft copolymer is a butadiene-based rubber.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
88 words
A molded object according to claim 9 wherein the rubbery substrate of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer is a homopolymer of a conjugated diene, a copolymer of a conjugated diene and a copolymerizable comonomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylate, ethylenically unsaturated nitriles and mixtures thereof; a copolymer of ethylene and propylene; and interpolymer of ethylene, propylene and a diene; homopolymers of C 1-6 alkyl acrylates; and copolymers of C 1-6 alkyl acrylates with one or more copolymerizable comonomers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The molded object of claim 7 wherein the 60° Gardner gloss value thereof is less than 65.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
180 words
A process for preparing a thermoplastic molding composition suitable for preparing injection molded objects having a 60° Gardner Gloss value of less than 70 comprising: A) preparing a mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer by: 1) dissolving a rubbery polymer in a mixture of monomers comprising an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile, a copolymerizable monovinylidene monomer and from 7 to 30 weight percent, based on the total weight of said mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer, of an N-aryl maleimide; 2) initiating free radical polymerization of the rubber containing solution and continuing the polymerization thereof under mass or solution polymerization conditions so as to obtain a phase inversion of the solution; 3) continuing polymerization of the rubber containing solution; and 4) recovering the resulting mass or solution polymerized polymeric product; and B) combining said mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer with from 5 to 35% on a total molding composition weight basis of an emulsion polymerized grafted rubbery polymer having a polymer of a monovinylidene aromatic monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile and, optionally, an N-aryl maleimide grafted to a rubbery polymer substrate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
180 words
A process for preparing a thermoplastic molding composition suitable for preparing injection molded objects having a 60° Gardner Gloss value of less than 70 comprising: A) preparing a mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer by: 1) dissolving a rubbery polymer in a mixture of monomers comprising an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile, a copolymerizable monovinylidene monomer and from 7 to 30 weight percent, based on the total weight of said mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer, of an N-aryl maleimide; 2) initiating free radical polymerization of the rubber containing solution and continuing the polymerization thereof under mass or solution polymerization conditions so as to obtain a phase inversion of the solution; 3) continuing polymerization of the rubber containing solution; and 4) recovering the resulting mass or solution polymerized polymeric product; and B) combining said mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer with from 5 to 35% on a total molding composition weight basis of an emulsion polymerized grafted rubbery polymer having a polymer of a monovinylidene aromatic monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile and, optionally, an N-aryl maleimide grafted to a rubbery polymer substrate.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
A process according to claim 12 wherein the comonomers of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer comprise acrylonitrile, styrene, and N-phenyl maleimide.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
A process according to claim 13 wherein the graft phase of the emulsion polymerized graft copolymer is a styrene/acrylonitrile copolymer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
85 words
A process according to claim 12 wherein the rubbery substrate of the mass or solution polymerized graft copolymer is a homopolymer of a conjugated diene, a copolymer of a conjugated diene and a copolymerizable comonomer selected from the group consisting of monovinylidene aromatic monomers, C 1-4 alkyl methacrylates, ethylenically unsaturated nitriles and mixtures thereof; copolymers of ethylene and propylene; interpolymers of ethylene, propylene and a diene; homopolymers of C 1-6 alkyl acrylates; and copolymers of C 1-6 alkyl acrylates with one or more copolymerizable comonomers.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 15 wherein the rubbery polymer substrate of the emulsion polymerized graft copolymer is a butadiene-based rubber.
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