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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Amaia Montoya-goni, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Ronald G. Van Daele, Belsele, BE;
Roel Vossen, Hulst, NL;
Michael Cook, Horgen, CH;
Inventors:
Amaia Montoya-Goni, Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Ronald G. Van Daele, Belsele, BE;
Roel Vossen, Hulst, NL;
Michael Cook, Horgen, CH;
Assignee:
Styron Europe GmbH, Horgen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 8/00 (2006.01); C08L 9/00 (2006.01); C08L 23/00 (2006.01); C08L 25/02 (2006.01); C08L 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for melt-processing a polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound, such as styrene, is disclosed. The method may include heating a polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound volumetrically with microwave energy, wherein the polymer of a monovinyl aromatic compound includes: a discontinuous rubber phase; and a continuous poly(monovinyl aromatic) phase comprising up to 49 weight percent of at least one of an acrylate comonomer and a vinyl cyanide comonomer.