Abstract: This invention relates to a new and improved resin composition containing polyphenylene ether and, more particularly, to a molding resin composition including polyphenylene ether and cyclopentadiene resin containing a polar group.The new and improved resin composition has good melting flowability and retains good mechanical and thermal characteristics inherent to polyphenylene ether and can be suitably used as a molding material.

Abstract: Molding compositions containing polyphenylene ether, polyamide, at least one aspartic acid derivative and optionally, a styrene resin and/or impact strength promoter. These compositions have high strength combined with good thermal stability and solvent resistance.

Abstract: A novel thermoplastic composition having improved paint adhesion strength and excellent impact strength comprising,A) from about 5 to 95 weight % of at least one polyphenylene ether,B) from about 95 to 5 weight % of at least one polyamide,C) from about 5 to 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the total of polyphenylene ether and polyamide, of at least one elastomeric material selected from ethylene .alpha.-olefin (diene) copolymers with at least one vinyl aromatic monomer and at least one unsaturated functional monomer selected from unsaturated nitrile monomers and alkyl(meth)acrylates grafted thereto, andD) from about 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of at least one compatibilizer, based on 100 parts by weight of the total of polyphenylene ether and polyamide.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a resin composition that contains a polyphenylene ether, an oxazolinyl group-containing polyphenylene ether, and a polyester.

Abstract: Rubber particles comprising a hydrogenated block copolymer of a conjugated diene and a vinyl aromatic compound, said particles having a glass transition temperature of -30.degree. C. or less, a gel content of at least 10%, an average particle size of 0.01 to 5.0 .mu.m, and a micro-phase separating structure having hard segments and soft segments, wherein hard segments and soft segments are alternately laminated together in the form of concentric multilayers, are useful in reinforcing resin compositions. A particular reinforced resin composition is comprised of a matrix resin having a glass transition temperature of at least 0.degree. C. and 1 to 60% by weight of the above defined rubber particles dispersed in the matrix resin. The rubber particles have a great reinforcing effect on the matrix resin and resin compositions reinforced with these rubber particles are characterized with superior weather resistance, heat stability and impact resistance properties.

Abstract: A resin composition comprising:(A) 10 to 90 parts by weight of a polyphenylene ether resin,(B) 8 to 88 parts by weight of an ABS resin,(C) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a first graft copolymer selected from the group consisting of(C-I) a graft copolymer which is obtainable by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising an aromatic vinyl compound and at least one other compound copolymerizable therewith in the presence of a polymer (C-1) comprising an unsaturated nitrile compound, an aromatic vinyl compound and at least one other vinyl compound copolymerizable therewith and has a vinyl group at least at one of molecular ends, and(C-II) a graft copolymer which is obtainable by polymerizing at least one vinyl compound in the presence of a polymer (C-1) and a polymer (C-2) comprising the aromatic vinyl compound and at least one other compound copolymerizable therewith and has a vinyl group at least at one of molecular ends,(E) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a second graft copolymer which is obtainable by polymerizing a mo

Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition which shows excellent balance in mechanical strengths and has superior solvent resistance and processability. This composition comprises:(a) a polyolefin resin in an amount of 20-95% by weight,(b) a polyphenylene ether resin in an amount of 80-5% by weight,(c) a partially hydrogenated alkenyl aromatic compound-isoprene block copolymer in an amount of 2-45 parts by weight based on totally 100 parts by weight of the components (a) and (b), and(d) an alkenyl aromatic compound-conjugated diene block copolymer in an amount of 3-45 parts by weight based on totally 100 parts by weight of the components (a) and (b).This composition can be easily molded into articles very excellent in balance of impact strength, heat resistance and solvent resistance and having uniform and smooth surface.

Abstract: An improved polyphenylene ether composition is described herein, comprising at least two polyphenylene ether resins, one having an intrinsic viscosity of at least about 0.38 dl/g, and another having an intrinsic viscosity of no greater than about 0.33 dl/g.

Abstract: Impact- and solvent-resistant resin blends are prepared from a polyphenylene ether or blend thereof with a polystyrene, a linear polyester such as a poly(alkylene dicarboxylate), at least one polymer containing a substantial proportion of aromatic polycarbonate units as a compatibilizing agent, and, preferably, at least one elastomeric polyphenylene ether-compatible impact modifier. There may also be present a minor amount of at least one epoxide and/or masked isocyanate such as triglycidyl isocyanurate or a glycidyl methacrylate polymer. The polyphenylene ether preferably has a low proportion of unneutralized amino nitrogen, if any.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions comprising tackified elastomeric copolymers or block copolymers, e.g., based upon styrene/isoprene, having a novel condensed phase structure wherein polymer branches occur along the polymer backbone, either at a predetermined location or at random locations. The invention also provides sheet materials coated with the adhesive compositions. The polymers of the present invention are made by a method which comprises the step of reacting under polymerization conditions, hydrocarbyl lithium initiator, at least one anionically polymerizable compound, and an organometallic-substituted styrene condensing agent. The reactants may be added simultaneously to produce a copolymer with polymer branch segments randomly located along the polymer backbone or sequentially to produce a copolymer with branches located at the same predetermined location along the polymer backbone.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition having excellent heat resistance and impact resistance as well as having excellent rigidity, chemical resistance and processibility, comprising:(a) a polyphenylene ether resin or a resin composition containing a polyphenylene ether,(b)(i) a modified propylene polymer grafted with a styrene-based monomer and an unsaturated carboxylic acid or its derivative, or(ii) a propylene-based resin composition containing the modified propylene polymer and a propylene polymer, and(c) a rubbery substance. The thermoplastic resin compositions not only have good mold-processibility but also exhibit well-balanced physical properties when molded into articles.

Abstract: Described herein are miscible blends of a poly(aryl ether ketone) and an imide-containing polymer which are useful in the manufacture of extruded film, continuous fiber composites and injection molded articles.

Abstract: Solvent-resistant resin blends with a wide variety of desirable impact and tensile properties are prepared from a polyphenylene ether having a low proportion of unneutralized amino nitrogen or a blend thereof with a polystyrene; a poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(butylene terephthalate), elastomeric polyester or mixture thereof; at least one elastomeric polyphenylene ether-compatible impact modifier and at least one polymer containing a substantial proportion of aromatic polycarbonate units as a compatibilizing agent. There may also be present a minor amount of at least one epoxide such as triglycidyl isocyanurate.

Abstract: An improved method for carboxylating styrenic resins and particularly impact-modified styrenic resins such as ABS resins, by melt-processing a mixture comprising the styrenic resin, an ethylenically-unsaturated carboxylic compound, and, optionally, a free-radical generator.

Abstract: Disclosed are thermoplastic resin compositions comprising:(a) a polyphenylene ether resin or a resin composition containing a polyphenylene ether,(b) (i) a modified propylene polymer obtainable by grafting a propylene polymer with a styrene-based monomer or a mixture of a styrene-based monomer and a monomer copolymerizable with the styrene-based monomer or (ii) a composition comtaining said modified propylene polymer and a propylene polymer, and(c) a rubbery substance,wherein the number mean particle size of the component (a) and (c) in the dispersion phase being from 0.01 to 20 .mu.m, the proportion of the component (a) to the sum of the components (a) and (b) being 1 to 80% by weight, that of the component (b) to the sum of the components (a) and (b) being 99 to 20% by weight, and the proportion of the component (c) to the sum of the components (a) and (b) being 1 to 50 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of (a) plus (b).

Abstract: A process for the preparation of PPE and/or PPE-containing moulding materials. Styrene or a styrene derivative is added to the organic PPE solution in order to improve the color quality.

Abstract: A matte thermoplastic resin composition consisting essentially of:(A) 70-97% by weight of a rubber-modified alkenyl a romatic thermoplastic resin and(B) 30-3% by weight of a graft copolymer as a high polymer modifier for matting, obtained by polymerizting an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an alkenyl aromatic compound, an alkenyl cyanide compound and other copolymerizable alkenyl monomer in the presence of a rubbery polymer latex, wherein the content of the ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid component in the graft copolymer (B) is 1-30% by weight and the content of the rubbery polymer in the graft copolymer (B) is 10-60% by weight. Said composition has an excellent matte effect especially when the rubbery polymer latex gives a percentage coagulation of 20% by weight or less based on the total solids of the latex when 15% by weight, based on the total solids, of methacrylic acid is added to the latex.

Abstract: A composition which comprises polyphenylene ether, polyamide, rubber-like material, compatibilizing agent having double bond or triple bond, and a polarity such as a carboxyl group, amide group and the like, and a melt tension modifier comprising a compound having oxirane oxygen.Said composition makes blow molding of large size molded products possible by the effect of decreasing the drawdown of parison during blow molding.

Abstract: (A) 10-70 parts by weight of a polyphenylene ether, a mixture of a polyphenylene ether and a polystyrene or a polyphenylene ether-styrene graft copolymer,(B) 90-30 parts by weight of a mixture of (i) a thermoplastic aromatic copolyamide and/or an aromatic nuclear-hydrogenated copolyamide in an amount of 0.1-70% by weight of existing total polyamide and (ii) a thermoplastic aliphatic polyamide in a complementary amount of 99.9-30% by weight of existing total polyamide, and(C) 0.01-30 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the above components (A) and (B) of, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of oxazoline and a compound having, in its molecule, (a) carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon triple bond and (b) at least one functional group selected from carboxyl group, acid anhydride group, amino group, acid amide group, imido group, epoxy group, carboxylate ester group, isocyanate group, methylol group, oxazolidine group and hydroxyl group.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises:(a) a polyphenylene ether resin or a polyphenylene ether-containing resin composition,(b) a polypropylene grafted with a styrene-based monomer and/or a propylene copolymer grafted with a styrene-based monomer,(c) an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer grafted with a styrene-based monomer, said ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.85-0.91 g/cm.sup.3 and a maximum melting peak temperature of 100.degree. C. and above measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and(d) optionally, rubbery substance. Also disclosed herein is a process for producing a thermoplastic resin composition which comprises incorporating a preblend composed of:(a') a polyphenylene ether resin or a polyphenylene ether-containing resin composition,(b') a polypropylene and/or a propylene copolymer,(c') an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer having a density of 0.85-0.91 g/cm.sup.3 and a maximum melting peak temperature of 100.degree. C.