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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Wolfgang Fischer, Walldorf, DE;
Eugen-Walter Büchner, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Axel Deimling, Neustadt, DE;
Hermann Gausepohl, Mutterstadt, DE;
Christian Schade, Ludwigshafen, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
A process for preparing impact-modified styrene polymers (HIPS) omprises anionic polymerization of styrene in the presence of a rubber in one or more polymerization reactors in succession. The rubber is prepared in solution in an immediately upstream process. The heat of polymerization is utilized to remove the solvent for the rubber, this solvent having a boiling point lower than those of styrene and ethylbenzene, from at least one of the polymerization reactors via distillation with distillative cooling, and the solvent is reintroduced into the process of rubber preparation.