Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Limited

Satoshi Mae

Toshihiro Kasai

Toru Kondo

Shinji Saiki

Katsumi Yonekura

Masato Yamamoto

Hiroyasu Irie

A method of producing an acrylic polymer comprising a step of emulsion-polymerizing an acrylic monomer mixture (A) and a step of emulsion-polymerizing an acrylic monomer mixture (B) in the presence of a polymerization initiator and a polymerization inhibitor in amounts satisfying the following formula (1) in the polymer dispersion (D) obtained by the emulsion polymerization thereof, wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the acrylic monomer mixture (A) to the acrylic monomer mixture (B) is 70/30 to 95/5; an acrylic polymer obtained by this production method; and a plastisol composition using the same.0.1&#x2266;&#x2266;30&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)in the formula (1), Q represents the molar amount of the polymerization inhibitor and I represents the molar amount of the polymerization initiator present in the polymer dispersion (D) before the introduction of the polymerization inhibitor.

Production method of acrylic polymer, acrylic polymer obtained by this production method and plastisol composition using the same

A method for producing a (meth)acrylic polymer particle comprises polymerizing a monomer (X) having a (meth)acryloyl group to produce a polymer particle, and polymerizing a monomer mixture (Y) in the presence of the polymer particle, in which the monomer (X) is 90 to 99.9% by mass and the monomer mixture (Y) is 0.01 to 10% by mass in terms of the ratio among monomer raw materials to be supplied for polymerization; and the monomer mixture (Y) comprises 1 to 80% by mol of a monomer (a) having a basic nitrogen atom or having a blocked isocyanate as a functional group, 5 to 80% by mol of a (meth)acrylate monomer (b) of at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic alcohol having 2 or more carbon atoms, an aromatic alcohol, and a cyclic alkyl alcohol, and 0 to 94% by mol of a monomer (c) other than the monomer (a) and the monomer (b).

(Meth)acrylic polymer particle, process for production of the particle, plastisol, and article

Disclosed are an industrially useful (meth)acrylic polymer particle for use in a plastisol which is excellent in storage stability, particularly under circumstance at 40&#xb0; C. or above, so that it can suppress gelation and maintain a sol state during storage and which can give a shaped article excellent in flexibility and chipping resistance; a method for producing the (meth)acrylic polymer particle; and a plastisol composition made from the (meth)acrylic polymer particle. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a (meth)acrylic polymer particle, which comprises polymerizing a monomer or monomer mixture (B) to form a polymer (b) in the presence of a polymer (a) obtained by polymerization of a monomer or monomer mixture (A), wherein a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polymer (a) as calculated from the FOX equation is 90&#xb0; C. or above, a solubility parameter of the polymer (a) is 19.90 (J/cm)or below, and a solubility parameter of the polymer (b) is 20.22 (J/cm)or above.

(Meth)acrylic polymer particle, method for producing the same, plastisol composition made from the polymer particle, and article made from the plastisol composition

A viscosity modifier for plastisol compositions which contains at least one selected from the group consisting of: (A) a compound having at least one of a carboxy group or a salt thereof, an alkoxy group, and a glycidyl group; (B) amine compounds; and (C) metal chelate compounds. A plastisol composition containing the viscosity modifier and a polymer. A product having a coating layer obtained from the composition. A molded product obtained by using the composition. This viscosity modifier has an excellent effect of decreasing viscosity of a plastisol composition, thus enabling acquisition of a plastisol composition which allows an excellent cured product to be obtained at a low cost.

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Satoshi Mae