The Standard Oil Company

Eddie Wardlow, Jr

Lawrence E Ball

Richard C Smierciak

Curtis E Uebele

Muyen M Wu

Brandford E Giddings

Richard J Jorkasky, Ii

Raymond S Shank

Brian L Mehosky

A melt processable high nitrile multipolymer such as an acrylonitrile olefinically unsaturated, multipolymer, which is stabilized by admixing with maleic acid, derivatives of maleic acid, salts of maleic acid, maleic anhydride, maleamides, salts of maleamides, maleates, salts of maleates, and combinations thereof.

Stabilizers for high nitrile multipolymers

A homogeneous, high nitrile melt processable acrylonitrile olefinically unsaturated multipolymer and a process for making the multipolymer, comprising polymerizing a mixture of acrylonitrile monomer and one or more olefinically unsaturated monomers, in which the rate of addition of the multimonomer mixture is set by the rate of polymerization so that the concentration of unreacted acrylonitrile monomers and unreacted olefinically unsaturated monomer(s) is low and the polymerization process is in a monomer starved condition.

Process for making a high nitrile multipolymer prepared from

A process for making a thermally stable melt processable acrylonitrile/methacrylonitrile/olefinically unsaturated multipolymer, comprising polymerizing a mixture of acrylonitrile monomer, methacrylonitrile monomer, and olefinically unsaturated monomer in which the rate of addition of the multimonomer mixture is set by the rate of polymerization so that the concentration of unreacted acrylonitrile monomer, unreacted methacrylonitrile monomer and unreacted olefinically unsaturated monomer is low and the polymerization process is in a monomer starved condition.

Process for making an acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and olefinically

A process for making acrylonitrile/methacrylonitrile copolymer, comprising polymerizing a mixture of acrylonitrile monomer and methacrylonitrile monomer in which the rate of addition of the comonomers is set by the rate of polymerization so that the concentration of unreacted acrylonitrile monomer and unreacted methacrylonitrile monomer is low and the polymerization process is in a starved condition.

Process for making an acryloinitrile/methacrylonitrile copolymer

Olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers containing at least one activated carbon to carbon olefinic double bond and at least one carboxyl group, such as acrylic acid, are polymerized in an organic media in the presence of free radical forming catalysts and at least one oil soluble ionic surface active agent selected from the group consisting of: (a) anionic surface active agents of the formula:

Polymerization process for carboxyl containing polymers utilizing oil

A method for stripping residual monomer from acrylonitrile copolymers which have been prepared in aqueous suspension by steam stripping acrylonitrile monomer from the suspension at a temperature of from 100.degree. C. up to 135.degree. C. and at a pressure of from about 5 to 30 psig is described.

Rapid removal of residual monomers from acrylonitrile copolymers

The present invention relates to a method for stabilizing thermoplastic nitrile resins against thermal discoloration by the inclusion in the resins of acid esters of certain polycarboxylic acid compounds in amounts of from 0.1 to 1.5 parts by weight per 100 parts of resin.

Thermally stable high nitrile resins and method for producing the same

Nitrile copolymers and graft copolymers containing a high proportionate amount of olefinic nitrile are stabilized against thermal color degradation by inclusion into the polymer minor amounts of a compound having the formula: ##EQU1## and/or ##EQU2## wherein X may be oxygen; an imide group, --NH--; or an N-substituted imide group, --NR-- wherein R may be an alkyl, or a phenyl alkyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms; Y may be an oxygen or a methylene group; and Z may be hydrogen or an alkyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms.

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Shaker Hts., OH, United States of America

Eddie Wardlow, Jr