Bayer Corporation

Monsanto Company

Bayer Antwerpen S.a./n.v.

Richard M Auclair

Moh Ching Chang

Robert A Sanocki

Moh-Ching Oliver Chang

Moh Ching Oliver Chang

Rajendra Paul

A thermoplastic molding composition comprising a grafted rubber and a copolymeric matrix is disclosed. The composition is characterized in that its grafted rubber includes a substrate, a first grafted phase and a subsequent grafted phase which are sequentially grafted to said substrate. The substrate which contains a crosslinked elastomer is grafted with a first grafted phase and with a subsequent grafted phase, both phases containing copolymers of at least one vinylaromatic monomer and at least one member selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylonitrile and alkyl (meth)acrylate. The relative ratios of the monomers making up the copolymerized phases differ one from the other. The grafted rubber is present in particulate form having a weight average particle size of about 0.1 to 1.0 microns. The composition features improved impact strength and reduced opacity.

Weatherable resinous composition having improved opacity and impact strength

A thermoplastic molding composition which features improved impact and flow properties as well as reduced opacity is disclosed. The composition contains

Weatherable resinous composition

A thermoplastic composition comprising (a) a polyalkyl acrylate rubber characterized that it contains no grafted phase, and (b) a poly (vinyl aromatic-co-nitrile)-grafted polyalkyl acrylate rubber, and (c) ungrafted poly (vinyl aromatic-co-nitrile) having a number average molecular weight of about 20,000 to 100,000 g/mole is disclosed. The composition which contains about 15 to 35% by weight of polyalkyl acrylate rubber having a weight average particle size of about 0.02 to 1 microns and wherein weight ratio between (a) to the total (a)+(b) is 0.1 to 0.5, is characterized in having improved physical and mechanical properties.

Weatherable ASA composition

A thermoplastic molding composition which features improved impact and reduced opacity is disclosed. The composition which contains (A) 2 to 59 percent of a first grafted rubber having a weight average particle size of 0.05 to 0.30 microns, and (B) 6 to 56 percent of a second grafted rubber having a weight average particle size of 0.31 to 1.00 microns, and (C) 35 to 75 percent of a copolymeric matrix. The total rubber content of the composition is 10 to 40 percent relative to the total weight of (A), (B) and (C). The grafted rubber, both occurrences, contains a grafted phase and a core-shell phase. The grafted phase contains a styrenic copolymer and the core-shell phase, both occurrences, contains a core containing at least one crosslinked vinylaromatic polymer, and an elastomeric shell. The copolymeric matrix (C) contains a styrenic copolymer.

Weatherable resinous composition having improved opacity and impact

Polymer composition with improved toughness

A thermoplastic molding composition which contains (i) a grafted copolymer rubber having a grafted phase of styrene-acrylonitrile phase and a crosslinked (meth)acrylate-acrylonitrile substrate, and (ii) an ungrafted, uncrosslinked SAN having a number average molecular weight of about 20,000 to 100,000 is disclosed. The composition which is further characterized in that it contains no additional grafted copolymer rubber based on crosslinked (meth)acrylate-acrylonitrile substrate and in that the grafted copolymer rubber is present in particulate form where the particles have a monomodal size distribution and a weight average particle size of 0.05 to 0.5 microns exhibits improved mechanical properties.

Thermoplastic composition containing a grafted copolymeric acrylate

This invention relates to a novel emulsion polymerization process for preparing a latex of rubber particles having a bimodal rubber particle size distribution of large and small particles followed by grafting said rubber particles with a monomer mixture forming a polyblend of said grafted rubber particles and a matrix phase polymer of said monomers.

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Westfield, MA, United States of America

Richard M Auclair