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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1979
Manfred Walter, Speyer, DE;
Dieter Stein, Limburgerhof, DE;
Gerhard Fahrbach, Plankstadt, DE;
Rudolf Jung, Worms, DE;
Adolf Echte, Ludwigshafen, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, , DE;
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of high impact and translucent polystyrene, in which, in a first stage, styrene is prepolymerized in mass or in solution in the presence of a rubber, and the polymerization is then completed in mass, in solution or in aqueous suspension. The prepolymerization is taken to a stage where the amount of styrene converted is from 3 to 10 times the amount of the elastomer constituent of the rubber, and at this conversion the disperse soft-component phase formed should have a mean particle size of less than 1 .mu.m and should contain from 35 to 65% by weight of free or chemically bonded polystyrene segments. The translucent styrene polymers of high impact strength may be used for packaging purposes.