Abstract: Thermoplastic, high-impact moulding compositions of (A) 5 to 80 parts by weight of a graft product of 70 to 30% by weight of a mixture of an aromatic vinyl compound and acrylonitrile and/or methacrylonitrile on 30 to 70% by weight of a rubber having a glass transition temperature of below -10.degree. as the graft base and (B) 20 to 95 parts by weight of a terpolymer of styrene and/or .alpha.-methylstyrene, p-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile and/or methacrylonitrile, the terpolymer having been produced by mass polymerization.

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: 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: A thermoplastic moulding composition comprising:(1.) 80 to 20 parts by wt. of a thermoplastic polycarbonate based on a dihydroxy diaryl alkane,(2.) 20 to 80 parts by wt. of a graft polymer of2.2. a monomer mixture, polymerized onto2.1. a diene rubber with a glass transition temperature below -30.degree. C., of2.2.1. 95 to 50% by wt. of styrene, methyl methacrylate or a mixture thereof; and2.2.2. 50 to 5% by wt. of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile or a mixture thereof,the ratio by wt. of rubber (2.1) to monomer mixture (2.2.) being in the range of from 80:20 and 10:90, and the moulding composition containing from 5 to 35% by wt. of the rubber (2.1.), and(3.) 5 to 75 parts by wt. of a copolymer which is chemically uniform in structure and which comprises:(3.1.) 93 to 50 parts by wt. of styrene, methyl methacrylate or a mixture thereof;(3.2.) 40 to 5 parts by weight of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile or a mixture thereof; and(3.3.) 2 to 30 parts by wt. of maleic acid anhydride.

Abstract: A thermoplastic moulding composition comprising:(1) 80 to 20 parts by weight of a thermoplastic polycarbonate based on a dihydroxy diarylalkane,(2) 0 to 60 parts by weight of a graft copolymer of a(2.2) monomer mixture of(2.2.1) 95 to 50% by weight of styrene, methyl methacrylate or a mixture thereof; and(2.2.2) 50 to 5% by weight of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile or a mixture thereof,polymerized onto(2.1) a rubber which has a glass temperature below -20.degree. C., and which contains less than 30 C.dbd.C-double bonds per 1,000 carbon atoms, the moulding composition containing from 0 to 35% by weight of the rubber (2.1), and(3) 5 to 75 parts by weight of a copolymer which is chemically uniform in structure and comprises:(3.1) 95 to 50% by weight of styrene, methyl methacrylate or a mixture thereof;(3.2) 40 to 5% by weight of acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile or a mixture thereof; and(3.3) 2 to 30% by weight of maleic acid anhydride, the sum of 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 being equal to 100% by weight.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing a homopolymer or co-polymer of an aromatic vinyl monomer by anionically polymerizing a monomer mixture in the absence of oxygen in a tubular coil evaporator.

Abstract: A process for the production of thermoplastically processible moulding materials based on vinyl polymers of high chemical and molecular uniformity and having residual monomer contents of less than 0.1 mol % which comprises the steps of:(i) mass homogeneous phase polymerization of at least one vinyl monomer in a stirred continuously charged tank reactor to a conversion of from 25 to 60 mol %;(ii) directly concentrating the syrup consisting of residual monomers and vinyl polymer dissolved therein obtained from step (i) in a spiral tube evaporator at a temperature of from 60.degree. to 250.degree. C. and at a pressure of 100 m bar to 35 bar to obtain a solid content of vinyl polymer of from 40 to 90 mol %;(iii) directly charging the concentrate obtained from step (ii) to the inlet zone of a screw evaporator which consists of at least two sequential zones in order to effect further concentration, in which a first zone at a pressure of from 10 to 300 m bar and at a temperature of from 100.degree. to 250.degree. C.

Abstract: A thermoplastic moulding composition comprising a polymer mixture of (A) 25 to 95% by weight of a graft polymer of 70 to 30% by weight of a mixture of styrene (95 to 50% by weight) and acrylonitrile (5 to 50% by weight) on 30 to 70% by weight of polybutadiene or a butadiene-styrene copolymer, and (B) 5 to 75% by weight of a terpolymer containing 10 to 30 parts by weight of acrylonitrile, 7.5 to 15 parts by weight of maleic acid anhydride, and 82.5 to 55 parts by weight of styrene in copolymerized form.

Abstract: A thermoplastic molding composition having improved flow, toughness. and heat distortion comprising a polymer mixture of (A) 25 to 95% by weight of a graft polymer of 70 to 30% by weight of a mixture of styrene (95 to 50% by weight) and acrylonitrile (5 to 50% by weight) on 30 to 70% by weight of an EPDM-rubber, and (B) 50 to 75% by weight of a terpolymer of acrylonitrile, maleic acid anhydride and styrene, the terpolymer containing 10 to 30 parts by weight of acrylonitrile, 7.5 to 15 parts by weight of maleic acid anhydride, and 82.5 to 55 parts by weight of styrene in copolymerised form.

Abstract: Copolymers ofA 22 to 96 mol-% of styrene and/or .alpha.-methyl styrene,B 0 to 78 mol-% of at least one monoolefinically unsaturated monomer containing nitrile groups, andC 0 to 50 mol-% of at least one monoolefinically unsaturated monomer different from A or B are obtained by continuous bulk polymerization in a homogeneous liquid phase, in several process stages, in one or more different temperature ranges and in the presence of one or more initiators with different dissociation times in each temperature range and under pressures of from 1 to 20 bars.In first stage the monomers are copolymerized with backmixing up to a conversion of from 10 - 60 mol-% in an ideally mixed tank reactor and then after optionally additional addition of further parts of monomers copolymerization is continued with backmixing in a completely flooded, self-cleaning polymerization kneader up to a residual monomer content of from 10-50 mol-%.Residual monomers are continuously removed from the copolymer up to a content of less than 0.