Abstract: Plastic containing small amounts of titanium dioxide and, if appropriate, carbon black and an additive which reduces the tracking resistance, for the production of laser-writable mouldings.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions ofA. 90 to 30 parts by weight of a copolymer prepared by solution or bulk polymerization of a.sub.1 30 to 45% by weight of .alpha.-methylstyrene, a.sub.2 26 to 35% by weight of acrylonitrile and a.sub.3 44 to 20% by weight of styrene and/or p-methylstyrene, and with a content of incorporated acrylonitrile of 27-30% by weight,B. 5 to 60 parts by weight of a random copolymer of b.sub.1 18 to 24% by weight of maleic anhydride and b.sub.2 82 to 76% by weight of styrene and/or p-methylstyrene andC. 5 to 40 parts by weight of a graft polymer of 70 to 30% by weight of a mixture of c.sub.1 a vinylaromatic and/or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl and c.sub.2 acrylonitrile, on 30 to 70% by weight of a rubber with a glass transistion temperature of less than -10.degree. C.

Abstract: Sulphosuccinamide acids and their salts corresponding to the following general formula ##STR1## wherein X denotes the residue of a hydrophobic, optionally branched vinyloligomer having an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 200-5,000, preferably from 300-3,000,of the groups denoted byR.sup.1 R.sup.2, one is hydrogen and the other is --SO.sub.3 M, andn represents a number with a value of from 1.4-3.0, preferably form 1.6-2.3. andM denotes hydrogen, an alkali metal, or an ammonium, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl-ammonium or C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 -hydroxy alkyl-ammonium group.

Abstract: Stabilizing mixtures, acting synergistically, of phenolic antioxidants and sulphur-containing polymers having terminal thioalkyl groups.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compounds containing(A) from 5-90 parts by weight of one or more thermoplastic polymers,(B) from 5-90 parts by weight of one or more graft polymers and(C) from 0.25-40 parts by weight of a blocked copolymer corresponding to the idealized formula (I)A - B - A; B - A - B or (A - B).sub.x (I)whereinA denotes the residue of a homopolymer, e.g. of styrene, andB denotes the residue of a homopolymer of a cyclic carbonate or lactone.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compounds containing(A) from 5-90 parts by weight of one or more thermoplastic polymers,(B) from 5-90 parts by weight of one or more graft polymers and(C) from 0.25-40 parts by weight of a linear aliphatic polycarbonate.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of a thermoplastic moulding composition of 10 to 65% by weight of at least one graft polymer which is obtainable by emulsion polymerization of styrene and acrylonitrile in a weight ratio of 90:10 to 50:50, it being possible for all or some of the styrene to be replaced by .alpha.-methylstyrene or methyl methacrylate, in the presence of at least one rubber base, and the weight ratio of monomers employed to rubber polymer employed being 20:80 to 70:30, and 90 to 35% by weight of a copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile in a weight ratio of 90:10 to 50:50, it being possible for all or some of the styrene to be replaced by .alpha.-methylstyrene or methyl methacrylate, wherein, to prepare the graft polymer, the grafting monomers and 0.05 to 1.00 part by weight (per 100 parts by weight of grafting monomer) of a mercaptan are added stepwise to the latex of the rubber base over a period of time, the part amount of the monomer added in each time interval .DELTA.t.sub.n+1 being 0.30 to 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to ABS molding compositions having a markedly reduced residual butadiene content, even at high processing temperatures.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of thermoplastic copolymers of .alpha.-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile by continuous bulk copolymerization ofA. 30 to 50 mol % of .alpha.-methylstyrene andB. 70 to 50 mol % of acrylonitrileat temperatures from 60.degree. to 120.degree. C. with average residence times of 4 to 12 hours in the presence of initiators which supply free radicals, carried out in at least two continuously operated mixed tank reactors, characterized in that 100 molar parts of a monomer mixture ofA.sub.0. 34 to 52 mol % of .alpha.-methylstyrene andB.sub.0. 66 to 48 mol % of acrylonitrileare fed continuously into the first tank reactor per unit time, and, with back-mixing, are copolymerized up to a conversion of 5 to 30 molar parts to give a copolymer of the compositionA.sub.1. 49 to 53 mol % of .alpha.-methylstyrene andB.sub.1. 51 to 47 mol % of acrylonitrile,and the mixture consisting of 70 to 95 molar parts of the monomers A and B and 5 to 30 molar parts of the copolymer of the composition A.sub.1 -B.sub.

Abstract: Sulphur-containing elastic-thermoplastic graft products of styrene, .alpha.-methyl styrene, p-methyl styrene, vinyl toluene, acrylonitrile or methyl methacrylate or mixtures thereof on a particle-like rubber with an average particle diameter (d.sub.50) of from 0.05 to 20.0 .mu.m and a glass temperature .ltoreq.10.degree. C. with a total rubber content of from 1 to 80% by weight, whereby the graft products have a sulphur content of from 1.15 to 3.95% by weight and the thermoplast proportion of the polymerized monomers on the particle-like rubber has a limiting viscosity of from 2 to 15 ml/g (measured in dimethyl formamide at 25.degree. C.) and in which at least 90% by weight of the incorporated sulphur is present as a constituent of terminal C1-18-thioalkyl groups.

Abstract: Reaction products of 1 mole 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)-propanes with 2 moles carboxylic acid anhydrides and their use as emulsifiers for emulsion polymerization.

Abstract: Elastic-thermoplastic and thermoplastic powder-form moulding compositions of uniform particle size and improved thermal stability at made by incorporating a sulphur containing polymer.

Abstract: Copolymers of from 65 to 75%, by weight, of .alpha.-methyl styrene and from 35 to 25%, by weight, of .alpha.-methyl styrene and from 35 to 25%, by weight, of acrylonitrile, obtainable by radical emulsion polymerization, the monomers being metered in during the course of the polymerization, wherein the molar ratio: ##EQU1## of the unreacted monomers in the reaction mixture is maintained during the metering phase between 0.7 and 1.25.

Abstract: Sulphur-containing polymers of styrene, .alpha.-methyl styrene, p-methyl styrene, vinyl toluene, acrylonitrile or methyl methacrylate or mixtures thereof with a limiting viscosity of from 2 to 15 ml/g (measured in dimethyl formamide at 25.degree. C.) and a sulphur content of from 1.15 to 3.95% by weight, whereby at least 90% by weight of the incorporated sulphur is present as a constituent of terminal C.sub.1-18 -thioalkyl groups.

Abstract: The use of acyl phosphanoxides of the formula I ##STR1## in which each R, independently of the others, can denote linear or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, cycloalkyl or optionally mono- or poly-C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl-substituted, alkoxy-substituted or halo-substituted aryl or phenyl,for improvement of the mechanical properties in ABS moulding materials.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compounds containing an ABS plastics and optionally other plastics are stabilized with a benzoin derivative corresponding to the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein R represent, independently of one another, hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or halogen; used in quantities of from 0.05 to 2%, by weight, based on the plastics.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic moulding compositions of the ABS-type produced in emulsion and having improved properties in relation to known ABS-moulding compositions, particularly extreme toughness coupled with ready processibility and high surface gloss.

Abstract: This invention relates to graft rubbers obtained by the radical polymerization of one or more vinyl-group-containing monomers in the presence of at least one rubber, the polymerization reaction being carried out in the presence of from 0.001 to 1.0% by weight (based on solid graft product) of at least one compound corresponding to the following formula (I): ##STR1## in which X=CL or NO.sub.2Y.sup.1, Y.sup.2 =H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkyl, NO.sub.2, F, Cl, Br, and to the use of the graft rubbers according to the invention for the production of rubber-modified thermoplastic moulding compositions.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of copolymers of styrene and/or its derivatives by polymerization of one or more aromatic monovinyl compounds and acrylonitrile and/or methacrylonitrile wherein up to 75% by weight of the monomer mixture may be replaced by C.sub.1 --C.sub.20 -alkyl esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid and polymerization is carried out in the presence of from 0.01 to 10% by weight, based on the total quantity of monomers, of one or more enol ethers derived from aliphatic or cycloaliphatic aldehydes or ketones.

Abstract: A particulate graft polymer comprising (a) a core formed by a crosslinked homopolymer of a conjugated diene or a copolymer thereof with up to 10% by weight of styrene or acrylonitrile; (b) a first shell formed by a crosslinked homopolymer of an acrylic acid alkyl ester or a copolymer thereof with up to 30% by weight of vinyl monomers; (c) a second shell formed by a polymer of resin-forming monomers, a process for manufacturing these graft polymers by means of a multi-stage emulsion polymerization, and their application as molding compositions, optionally together with rigid thermoplastic resins.