Abstract: Thermoplastic molding compositions containing graft polymers produced with different initiator systems are disclosed. The compositions are distinguished by a combination of good toughness and reduced opacity. As a result, appreciably smaller quantities of pigment are needed to color the molding composition.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition comprising A) a thermopolastic polymer, e.g., a copolymer of styrene and acyrlonitrile, B) a graft copolymer, e.g., a graft copolymer of styrene, acrylonitrile and polybutadiene, and C) an additive mixture is described. The additive mixture C) comprises a combination of at least three components selected from components (I), (II), (III) and (IV). Component (I) contains carboxylic acid metal salt groups, e.g., magnesium stearate. Component (II) contains both carboxylic acid ester linkages and thio linkages, e.g., esters of p-thiodipropionic acid with monhydric alcohols. Component (III) contains amide linkages, e.g., ethylenediamine bisstearyl amide. Component (IV) is a compound that is different than components (I)-(III), e.g., a low molecular weight styrene/acrylonitrile copolymer. Also described are molded articles prepared from the thermoplastic molding composition of the present invention.

Abstract: An additive mixture containing a dibenzoate and either or both of a compound containing at least one structural unit 1

Abstract: The invention provides a combination of specific graft polymers produced by emulsion polymerization on the basis of a mixture of three rubber latices with ABS polymers produced by solution, bulk or suspension polymerization, by which products with extremely high impact strength values are obtained.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition having improved mechanical properties is disclosed. The ABS composition that comprise a graft rubber polymer obtained by emulsion polymerization in the presence of specifically defined butadiene polymer latices and a rubber-free copolymer is suitable for making molded articles.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions prepared from an ABS polymer and 0.05 to 5 wt. % (relative to ABS polymer) of a combination of zinc oxide and/or magnesium oxide and at least one compound containing epoxy groups.

Abstract: Thermoplastic materials containing A) 5 to 80 parts by weight of a thermoplastic co- or terpolymer made from the monomers styrene, &agr;-methylstyrene, methyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile with an average molecular weight ({overscore (M)}w) of 70,000 to 119,000, B) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a thermoplastic copolymer made from 60 to 95% by weight of styrene and/or &agr;-methylstyrene and 40 to 5% by weight of acrylonitrile with an average molecular weight ({overscore (M)}w) of 25,000 to 49,500, C) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a thermoplastic co- or terpolymer made from the monomers styrene, &agr;-methylstyrene, methyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile with an average molecular weight ({overscore (M)}w) of 1,500 to 6,000 and D) 0.5 to 50 parts by weight of a particulate rafted rubber with a glass transition temperature ≦10° C. and an average particle diameter (d50) of 0.05 to 0.

Abstract: Glass-fiber-reinforced ABS molding compounds containing up to 5% by weight of a tin-containing organic compound corresponding to formula (I) and/or (II) in which R1 and R2=C1-12 alkyl, R3, R4=C1-18 alkyl, R5=—(CH2)—n, —CH═CH—, —CH═CR1—, X=H, 1 equivalent of an alkali metal, preferably Na or K, ½ equivalent of an alkaline earth metal, preferably Mg or Ca, n=2-8.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic graft polymer moulding compositions for high-gloss applications, which exhibit a reduced tendency of the additives to exude out of the thermoplastic composition during processing, and which exhibit reduced deposit build-up in the mould.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions containingA. a thermoplastic polymer andB. 0.1 to 50% by weight, with respect to A, of an inorganic substance with an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 100 nm,and the use of superfine inorganic substances as defined by B for increasing the X-ray contrast of thermoplastic moulding compositions comprising A and B.

Abstract: Thermoplastic polycarbonate/graft polymer moulding compositions containingA) 5 to 95 parts by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate,B) 1 to 50 parts by weight of at least one thermoplastic homopolymer, copolymer or terpolymer of styrene, .alpha.-methylstyrene, acrylonitrile, N-substituted maleimide or mixtures thereof,C) 1 to 50 parts by weight of at least one graft polymer ofC.1) 5 to 90 parts by weight of styrene, .alpha.-methylstyrene, acrylonitrile, N-substituted maleimide or mixtures thereof, onC.2) 95 to 10 parts by weight of a rubber with a glass transition temperature .ltoreq.0.degree. C. andD) 1 to 25 parts by weight (per 100 parts by weight A+B+C) of at least one additive selected from flame retardants, lubricants, antistatic agent, mould release agents or mixtures thereof,characterised in that the component B) is produced by bulk, solution or suspension polymerisation and has an oligomer content .ltoreq.1 wt.

Abstract: A method of producing ABS moulding compositions wherein a solution of polymers in group (A) solvents is gradually supplied to a polymerizing mixture of previously-formed soluble rubber, aromatic mono-alkenyl compounds, ethylenically unsaturated nitrites, optional other copolymerizable compounds and optionally a group (B) solvent or a mixture of group (A) and group (B) solvents, the gradual addition of the polymer solution to the polymerizing mixture being started before the beginning of phase inversion and at a monomer conversion rate of 5 to 15% and a viscosity of the polymerizing mixture of less than 20 Pa.sec with simultaneous continuation of polymerization, the group (A) solvent is an aliphatic (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8) or cycloaliphatic alcohol, ketone, ether, ester and/or nitrile, and the group (B) solvent is an aliphatic (C.sub.4 -C.sub.10), cycloaliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbon.

Abstract: This invention relates to graft polymers of the ABS type which are produced in emulsion, and to thermoplastic molding compositions which are based thereon and which exhibit a very considerably increased notched bar impact strength compared with known ABS molding compositions and which at the same time exhibit high hardness values or high modulus values and good thermoplastic processability.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions containingI) At least one graft polymer which is obtainable by emulsion polymerisation of for example styrene and acrylonitrile under special conditions,II) At least one graft polymer that can be obtained by solution, bulk or suspension polymerisation of for example styrene and acrylonitrile in the presence of a rubber,III) At least one rubber-free copolymer of for example styrene and acrylonitrile,and their use for producing mouldings.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions of the ABS type, containingI) at least one graft polymer, obtainable by emulsion polymerisation of resin-forming monomers in the presence of a mixture comprising a butadiene polymer latex (A) having a particle diameter d.sub.50 of .ltoreq.320 nm, a particle diameter distribution of 30 to 100 nm in width and a gel content of .ltoreq.70 wt. % and a butadiene polymer latex (B) having a particle diameter d.sub.50 of .gtoreq.370 nm, a particle diameter distribution of 50 to 500 nm in width and a gel content of .gtoreq.270 wt. %,II) at least one graft polymer, obtainable by emulsion polymerisation of resin-forming monomers in the presence of a butadiene polymer latex (C) having a particle diameter d.sub.50 of from 110 to 150 nm, a particle diameter distribution of 20 to 50 nm in width and a gel content of from 80 to 98 wt. %, andIII) at least one rubber-free copolymer composed of resin-forming monomersand the use of the moulding compositions for the production of mouldings.

Abstract: Compositions of the ABS type containingA) one or more graft rubbers ofA.1) from 10 to 60 parts by weight of one or more monomers onA.2) from 40 to 90 parts by weight of one or more rubber backbones having glass transition temperatures <0.degree.C. andB) at least one rubber-free thermoplastic resin obtained by radical polymerisation of resin-forming monomers,wherein the rubber backbone A.2) has average particle diameters (d.sub.50 values) of from 0.20 to 0.35 .mu.m and the graft rubber A) has been produced by radical emulsion graft polymerisation with the use of an initiator system comprising organic hydroperoxide and an organic reducing agent, and the use thereof for the production of mouldings by deep drawing.

Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions of the ABS type ofI) at least one graft copolymer which is obtainable by emulsion polymerization of styrene and acrylonitrile in the weight ratio 90:10 to 50:50, wherein styrene and/or acrylonitrile can be completely or partly replaced by .alpha.-methylstyrene, methyl methacrylate or N-phenylmaleimide, in the presence of at least two butadiene polymer latices of types (A) and (B), which each contain, copolymerized, 0 to 50 wt. % of a further vinyl monomer, and wherein the weight ratio of monomers used to butadiene polymers used is 25:75 to 70:30, andII) at least one copolymer of styrene and acrylonitrile in the weight ratio 90:10 to 50:50, wherein styrene and/or acrylonitrile can be completely or partly replaced by .alpha.-methylstyrene, methyl methacrylate or N-phenylmaleimide, characterized in that the butadiene polymer latex (A) has a particle diameter d.sub.50 .ltoreq.320 nm, a width of the particle size distribution (measured as d.sub.90 -d.sub.

Abstract: Thermoplastics built up from N-(2-ethyl-6-methyl)phenylmaleimide and styrene, it being possible for all or some of the styrene to be replaced by at least one other monomer component.

Abstract: Elastic-thermoplastic graft polymers manufactured by radical emulsion polymerization of resin-forming vinyl monomers in the presence of rubber present in latex form with the use of a combination of a peroxide of formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1 signifies alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl groups with 4 to 20 carbon atoms,X the groups --COOH and --SO.sub.3 H as well as their alkali, alkaline-earth or ammonium salts,n an integer in the range from 1 to 6,A alkylene, cycloalkylene and arylene groups with 6 to 40 carbon atomsand a reducing agent as initiator system, a method for their manufacture and their use as moulding compositions.

Abstract: ABS type thermoplastic moulding compounds obtainable byA) producing a rubber latex with an average particle diameter d.sub.50 of 30 to 160 nm and a gel content of 75 to 100 wt. %B) emulsion polymerization of an amount of butadiene and optionally up to 50 wt. % (with reference to the total amount of monomer in stage B) of a comonomer in the presence of the rubber obtained in stage A, such that a rubber latex (B) with an average particle diameter d.sub.50 =220 to 330 nm and a gel content of 25 to 70 wt. % is produced,C) emulsion polymerization of 40 to 95 parts by wt. of a mixture of styrene and acrylonitrile, which optionally contains up to 50 wt. % (with reference to the total amount of monomers used in stage C) of one or more comonomers, in the presence of 5 to 60 parts by wt. (with reference to the solids) of the rubber obtained in stage B by introducing the monomer in such a way that 55 to 90 wt.