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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1985
Filed:
May. 31, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Montedison S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525108 ; 525119 ;
Abstract
The impact-resistance characteristics of styrene/acrylonitrile copolymers (SAN) are improved by the admixture to them of acrylic rubbers consisting of either copolymers or terpolymers of ethyl and/or butyl acrylate with acrylic and/or methacrylic acid, by carrying out said mixing in the presence of from 0.05 to 2% by weight of a halide chosen out from among: ZnCl.sub.2, FeCl.sub.3, AlCl.sub.3, CdCl.sub.2, BF.sub.3.(C.sub.2 H.sub.5).sub.2 O; and of 0.5-5 mols, on 100 mols of acrylic rubber, of an epoxy cross-linking compound, at temperatures comprised between the glass transition temperature of the SAN copolymer and 220.degree. C.