Abstract: A process for the production of a pulverulent mixture consisting of(A) from 60 to 99 parts by weight of a brittle copolymer consisting of acrylonitrile and styrene, .alpha.-methylstyrene, methyl methacrylate or mixtures thereof, and(B) from 1 to 40 parts by weight of a flexible rubber-elastic polymer,by coagulating, in a first stage, a latex of (A) or a mixture of a latex of (A) and a part of a latex of (B), adding, in a second stage, the latex of (B) or the remaining part of the latex of (B), so that the desired quantity ratio of (A) to (B) is attained, and, in a third stage, separating the precipitated mixture of (A) and (B) from the aqueous phase, and drying it.

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 thermoplastic moulding compositions of vinyl chloride polymers, certain ABS-copolymers, certain resin-like copolymers, certain acrylate copolymers and, optionally, diene copolymers for the production of films having improved resistance to ageing.

Abstract: This invention relates to thermoplastic moulding compositions of vinyl chloride polymers, certain graft polymers, certain resin-like copolymer additives and certain rubber-like copolymers for the production of films having improved resistance to ageing.

Abstract: The invention relates to soft polymer alloys based on graft polymers and crosslinked, particulate acrylate copolymers which are suitable for the production of flexible moulding compositions having increased resistance to ageing and better resistance to solvents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising(a) thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonates having Mw (weight average molecular weight) of 10,000 to 200,000, preferably 20,000 to 80,000 (determined by measuring the relative viscosity .eta.rel in CH.sub.2 Cl.sub.2 at 25.degree. C. and a concentration of 0,5 g per 100 ml CH.sub.2 Cl.sub.2(b) thermoplastic polymers of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 --alkyl methacrylates having Mw (weight average moleculr weight) of 10,000 to 1,000,000 (measured in dimethylformamide at 25.degree. C.) and(c) particulate graft polymers of methyl methacrylate onto a particulate, highly crosslinked alkyl acrylate-rubber which can optionally also contain a crosslinked diene rubber as an inner core, as well as to thermoplastic moulding compositions based on thermoplastic ABS resins or thermoplastic SAN resins which contain the three-component mixture (a)+(b)+(c).

Abstract: Free-flowing rubber powders containing particles of a diene, acrylate or EPDM rubber having an average diameter of from 0.01 to 10 mm which contain, polymerized thereon, a shell of the polymer or copolymer of one or more vinyl monomers in a quantity of from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the rubber, and a process for their production, wherein a latex of a diene, acrylate or an EPDM rubber having a glass transition temperature of below 0.degree. C. is completely broken with the formation of an aqueous suspension of the rubber, from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the rubber, of one or more vinyl monomers which form polymers having glass transition temperatures of above 25.degree. C. are then introduced into the suspension and the monomer(s) is/are polymerized, optionally after adding radical-forming catalysts.

Abstract: Free-flowing rubber powders of particles having an average diameter of from 0.01 to 10 mm which contain a grafted-on shell of the polymer or copolymer of one or more vinyl monomers in a quantity of from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the rubber, which rubber is a latex polymer of which the latex particles consist essentially of from 99 to 80% by weight of acrylate rubber having glass transition temperatures below 0.degree. C. and from 1 to 20% by weight of polymer having glass transition temperatures above 0.degree. C. grafted thereon, and a process for their production, wherein the latex of the rubber is completely broken to form an aqueous suspension of the rubber, after which from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the rubber, of one or more vinyl monomers which form polymers having glass transition temperatures above 25.degree. C. are introduced into the suspension and the monomer(s) is/are polymerized, optionally after the addition of a radical-forming catalyst.

Abstract: Stable, free-flowing dispersions in organic liquids of rubbers in the form of discrete particles having an average diameter of from 100 to 3000 nm which contains:A--as rubber, from 1 to 20% by weight, based on the total dispersion, of a crosslinked diene rubber; B--from 0 to 20% by weight, based on the total dispersion, of water in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion; C--as the continuous organic phase, from 99 to 66% by weight, based on the total dispersion, of (a) C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl acrylates or alkyl methacrylates, methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate or n-hexyl acrylate; or (b) a mixture of from 85 to 50% by weight of styrene or .alpha.-methyl styrene and from 15 to 50% by weight of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl acrylates or alkyl methacrylates, methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-hexyl acrylate; or (c) a mixture of from 85 to 50% by weight of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A graft polymer is obtained from a completely broken latex of an acrylate rubber which is suspended in water and from copolymerisable monomers, in the absence of a suspending agent, which graft polymer may be distributed in thermoplastic polyesters to form particles having a relatively small average diameter.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the graft polymerization of (A) from 95 to 40 parts, by weight, of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of (B) from 5 to 60 parts, by weight, of a partially or completely cross-linked rubber, in which the one or more than one monomer (A) and rubber (B) in the form of a latex or of a dispersion in an organic solvent are polymerized in an aliphatic hydrocarbon as reaction medium at from 30.degree. to 100.degree. C., using a radical forming initiator, and the graft polymerization product obtained as a sedimenting suspension of particles having an average diameter of from 5 to 1,000 .mu.m is isolated.

Abstract: Pourable rubber powders comprising particles having an average diameter of from 0.01 to 10 mm which contain, polymerized thereon, a shell of the polymer or copolymer of one or more vinyl monomers in a quantity of from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the rubber, and the core rubber is a latex polymer, the latex particles of which are composed of a core polymer and a sheath polymer, the core and sheath differing in their chemical composition and at least the sheath polymer being a diene or acrylate rubber having glass transition temperatures of below 0.degree. C., and a process for the preparation of such rubber powders, wherein a latex of an approximate rubber is completely broken with the formation of an aqueous suspension of the rubber; from 2 to 20% by weight, based on the rubber, of one or more vinyl monomers which form polymers having glass transition temperatures of above 25.degree. C.

Abstract: Graft copolymers having a diene rubber core surrounded by at least two different shells improve the impact strength under multi-axial stress of thermoplastic polyester moulding compositions.

Abstract: Process for the removal of residual monomers from ABS polymers prepared by emulsion polymerization, wherein from 0.1 to 10% by weight, based on the solids content in the latex, of an electrolyte such as an acid or a salt are added to a latex containing an ABS polymer, and the mixture is at the same time heated to a temperature of from 55.degree. to 120.degree. C. while the residual monomer and part of the water are removed by distillation.

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.

Abstract: A filter device suitable for filtering sludges which comprises (A) a tube-like filter as an outer wall consisting of a fabric of polyester or polyamide filament yarn which acts as a support for (B) an inner layer consisting of a non-woven fabric of man-made fibres and a process of dewatering industrial sludge.

Abstract: The invention relates to notched impact resistant thermoplastic moulding compositions obtained from1. 1 to 99% by weight, preferably 10 to 95% by weight, especially 70 to 98% by weight, of a thermoplastic vinyl chloride polymer, and2. 99 to 1% by weight, preferably 90 to 5% by weight, especially 2 to 30% by weight, or a particulate graft copolymer consisting of a nucleus (a) of a highly crosslinked diene rubber, a first covering (b) of a crosslinked acrylate rubber, and a second covering (c) of a polymer or copolymer of resin-forming monomers, viz. Styrene, .alpha.-methylstyrene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, acrylic acid esters and methacrylic acid esters.

Abstract: Stable, free-flowing dispersions in organic liquids of rubbers in the form of discrete particles having an average diameter of from 100 to 3,000 nm which contain: A--as rubber, from 1 to 20% by weight, based on the total dispersion, of a crosslinked diene rubber or a crosslinked, rubber-like acrylate polymer; B--from 0 to 15% by weight, based on the total dispersion, of water in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion; C--as the continuous organic phase, from 99 to 45% by weight, based on the total dispersion, of a mixture of from 95 to 60% by weight of a liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon having up to 20 carbon atoms; or C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 aromatic hydrocarbon or a halogen derivative thereof and from 5 to 40% by weight of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkanol, a ketone containing up to 8 carbon atoms, a formamide or a nitrile containing up to 6 carbon atoms, and a process for their manufacture.

Abstract: The instant invention is directed to a thermoplastic synthetic material, comprising:(A) 75 to 97% by weight of a thermoplastic polyurethane and(B) 25 to 3% by weight of a polymer of olefinically unsaturated monomers, wherein component (B) is a graft product of(a) 5 to 35% by weight, based on the graft product, of one or more graft monomers on(b) 65 to 95% by weight, based on the graft product, of an elastomer component serving as graft base which has a second order transition temperature of below -30.degree. C.,the entire component (B) containing less than 50% by weight of the monomers styrene, .alpha.-methyl styrene and acrylonitrile. The instant invention is also directed to a process for the production of the thermoplastic synthetic materials.

Abstract: A transparent moulding composition comprising a bisphenol polycarbonate having a low refractive index due to a content of alkyl substitution and a rubber and/or a resin.