Idemitsu Kosan Company, Limited

Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

Akitoshi Masuyama

Akihiko Okada

Takaaki Uchida

Nobuyuki Sato

Keisuke Funaki

Komei Yamasaki

Shinobu Yamao

Masami Mihara

Takuma Aoyama

Tohru Iwashita

Hiroki Fukui

A resin composition comprising polystyrene having the syndiotactic configuration (SPS) showing improved heat stability in heat molding at a high temperature is obtained by adding a combination of a phenolic antioxidant and an antioxidant containing phosphorus to SPS. The molded article is obtained by using the resin composition as the material. Additional use of an antioxidant containing sulfur gives more excellent improvement. The composition may further contain another thermoplastic resin and/or rubber elastomer, a polymer exhibiting compatibility with or affinity for SPS and having a polar group, and/or an inorganic filler in accordance with necessity.

Polystyrenic resin composition

Polystyrenic resin composition and molded article thereof

There is disclosed an impact resistant polystyrene composition which comprises 5 to 98% by weight of an (a) styrenic polymer having a syndiotactic configuration and 2 to 95% by weight of a (b) styrene/diolefin diblock copolymer, styrene/diolefin/styrene triblock copolymer or styrene/diolefin random compolymer, each having a hydrogenation rate of 70 to 98 mol %, and optionally a (c) rubbery elastomer having an olefinic component or polyolefin, a (d) poly(phenylene ether), etc. The above composition is greatly enhanced in its impact resistance and elongation properties without deterioration of heat resistant stability of color tone, etc.

Impact resistant polystyrene composition

Flame retarded polystyrenic resin composition and molded article of a

There are disclosed a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises a styrenic resin comprising a modified styrenic polymer in which a compound having an unsaturated group and a polar group is bonded to the skeleton of a styrenic polymer having syndiotactic configuration (SPS) or to an end or an intermediate position of a substituent of the SPS, or the mixture of the above modified styrenic polymer and an unmodified SPS; and an inorganic filler, as well as a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises the aforesaid styrenic resin; and an other thermoplastic resin. The compositions are excellent in water resistance, impact resistance, heat resistance, modulus of elasticity and dynamical properties and capable of improving the adhesiveness to the inorganic filler or compatibility with the other resin without impairing the crystallization of the SPS and deteriorating the long-term heat resistant stability of the compositions.

Modified syndiotactic styrenic polymer compositions and blends

There is disclosed a styrenic resin composition which comprises 70 to 99.9% by weight of an (A) styrenic polymer having a high degree of syndiotactic configuration and 0.1 to 30% by weight of a (B) organic compound having a --NH-- group and a molecular weight of less than 10,000. According to the present invention, there is obtained a styrenic resin composition having a syndiotactic configuration which is improved in electrical insulating properties, especially in withstand voltage against direct current.

Syndiotactic styrenic resin composition

Styrenic polymer and molded article

There are disclosed a thermoplastic resin composition comprising (A) a styrenic polymer having a high degree of syndiotactic configuration, (B) an inorganic filler and (C) a polyphenylene ether that is modified with a compound having an ethylenic double bond and a polar group in the same molecule, especially maleic anhydride, the ether having a modification rate of 1.3% or more by weight; a thermoplastic resin composition further comprising (D) a rubbery elastomer in addition to the above components (A), (B) and (C); a process for producing modified polyphenylene ether (PPO) comprising reacting 100 parts by weight of PPO with 1 to 20 parts by weight of the above compound or a derivative thereof in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of 15 or less parts by weight of a radical generator; and a process for producing the modified PPO comprising reacting 100 parts by weight of PPO with 1 to 5 parts by weight of the above compound or a derivative thereof at 300.degree. to 350.degree. C. in the presence of 0.1 to 3 parts by weight of a radical generator which exhibits a half-life period of 1 minute at 300.degree. C. or higher. The above thermoplastic resin composition is markedly improved in its dynamical properties especially rigidity and heat resistance.

Process for producing a modified polyphenylene ether

Thermoplastic resin composition containing a modified polyphenylene ether

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Ichihara, Japan

Akitoshi Masuyama